as in nightclubs
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
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Recent Examples of cabarets
The newest chapter is Velvet Night 76—my personal obsession—inspired by Parisian cabarets.
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Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As revolutionary unrest intensified and the Pahlavi regime imposed martial law and closed cabarets and theaters in an attempt to appease conservatives, her sources of income vanished.
—Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Multiple pop-up runs and cabarets continued until its 2022 Off-Broadway debut.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
All that’s before the evening kicked in with live music, cabarets acts, and theatre shows.
—Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the second half folds in the aesthetics of Vegas strip cabarets with eerie melodies from movie scores like Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
These flamenco venues originally developed during the 1960s throughout Spain replacing cabarets.
—Emily Cardenas, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As revolutionary unrest intensified and the Pahlavi regime imposed martial law and closed cabarets and theaters in an attempt to appease conservatives, her sources of income vanished.
—Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Multiple pop-up runs and cabarets continued until its 2022 Off-Broadway debut.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
All that’s before the evening kicked in with live music, cabarets acts, and theatre shows.
—Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the second half folds in the aesthetics of Vegas strip cabarets with eerie melodies from movie scores like Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
These flamenco venues originally developed during the 1960s throughout Spain replacing cabarets.
—Emily Cardenas, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cabarets
Noun
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Entrepreneur Bob Snow develops Church Street Station, a collection of nightclubs and entertainment venues, in downtown Orlando.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Soon after, they were seen partying around SoCal — from Coachella to Hollywood nightclubs.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Other clubs have hovered around Dowman, hoping to prise him away from north London, but Arsenal have secured his signature.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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During the Great Depression, the mansions saved the city from complete desolation when local garden clubs created an antebellum tourism industry virtually out of thin air.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cabarets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabarets. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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