Synonyms of cabaret

cabaret

noun

ˌka-bə-ˈrā 

as in nightclub

a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)

a singing superstar who got her start singing in the cabarets of New York City

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nightclub
• club
• café
• disco
• bistro
• tavern
• roadhouse
• nightspot
• pub
• supper club
• saloon
• boîte
• nitery
• discotheque
• barroom
• speakeasy
• honky-tonk
• dive
• a-go-go
• clip joint
• public house
• watering place
• key club
• watering hole
• canteen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cabaret

Stir up your own romance at the adults-only hideaway’s suites with swim-up pools, a cabaret show or an intimate beachfront dinner. — Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The play reimagines the former First Lady as a hard-drinking woman yearning to become a cabaret star. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 July 2026

The Moulin Rouge cabaret, with its red windmill, has been a landmark of Paris’s artsy Montmartre neighborhood for 137 years, but many moviegoers likely learned of its existence thanks to the whimsical 2001 film of the same name. — Alicia Kort, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

The spirit of that early cabaret lives on. — Carla Vecchiola, The Conversation, 26 June 2026