Synonyms of five-and-ten

five-and-ten

noun

variants also five-and-dime

as in variety store

Related Words

• variety store
• boutique
• exchange
• mart
• chain store
• dime store
• thrift shop
• department store
• bazaar
• emporium
• mini-mart
• shop
• market
• store
• showroom
• marketplace
• big box
• outlet
• superstore
• supercenter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of five-and-ten

Rex will discuss how Walton went from running a five-and-dime store in Newport, Arkansas, to becoming one of the greatest business leaders in American history. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Earlier buildings on the same site famously housed the Shoppers Corner five-and-dime store for much of the 20th century. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

The brewery opened in 2021 inside a building constructed in 1952 as an Edwards five-and-dime store. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

The museum is near the site of Alice Walton’s father Sam Walton’s first five-and-dime store, in Alice’s childhood hometown, which is now home to Walmart’s global headquarters (and the small Walmart Museum, complete with a talking hologram of Sam Walton). — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026

The movie takes place entirely in a Texas five-and-dime store where a group of old friends (among them Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, and Kathy Bates) reunite 20 years after James Dean’s death for a reunion of their James Dean fan club. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 May 2026

Back then, the working class community was thriving, home to clothing stores, a five-and-dime, and a Murry’s grocery store. — Amanda Abrams, thehustle.co, 13 Mar. 2026

The blues world was changed forever on a sunny day around 1960 when a little boy walked into a five-and-dime in Los Angeles. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026

The 75-year-old daughter of Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who turned a five-and-dime store in rural Arkansas into the world’s largest company by revenue, thinks the US is very close to that breaking point. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025