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speakeasy

noun

Definition of speakeasynext
as in cabaret

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Recent Examples of speakeasy The real insider move, however, is Bar Analco, the speakeasy hidden behind the Dragon Room Bar and reserved exclusively for hotel guests. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026 El Secreto, a hidden speakeasy, merges cocktails and live music in a cinematic experience. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026 One of Donatell's favorite parts of owning a speakeasy is watching newcomers try to figure out how to enter. — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Sole, a speakeasy blending cocktails and desserts, opened in early August in downtown Louisville. — Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for speakeasy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
  1. cabaret
  2. nightclub
  3. roadhouse
  4. bistro
  5. alehouse
  6. saloon
  7. brewpub
  8. pub
Noun
  • Cruz surfaces in it as a bawdy cabaret singer, a role the size of a cameo that critics off the Croisette and now here at Telluride have already tagged a scene-stealer.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • While all of the women found their respective moment to shine, no one rose to the occasion quite like Luann de Lesseps, who seemingly decided on her own that Kyle’s white party would be the perfect backdrop for a cabaret performance like none other.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • His friends pushed him to be bold and climb onto the platforms at Badlands nightclub typically reserved for professional go-go dancers.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The lobby featured a multi-story atrium and a nightclub with dancers, a show and dinner.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • Texas native blends roadhouse rock, bluesy R&B and country-friend funky-tonk.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • There are two full-service eateries—a Mediterranean spot, Muze Lounge & Terrasse, and a French bistro, Commodore Restaurant—as well as an indoor pool and a dry sauna where guests can luxuriate.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That restaurant is Faux, a neo-bistro that opened a few days ago on Church Street—just steps away from many galleries on White Street.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • At the airport, a group of cadets loitered by a lactation pod, and people at the terminal alehouse seemed to be having a genuinely good time.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of alehouse
Noun
  • That at least has some continuity with the old days, because Third Avenue’s saloons at mid-century were where the sots washed up, like Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Kimberly Schlarman, local history supervisor for the Glenview Public Library and a member of the Glenview History Center Board of Directors, said the Glen View House was a saloon by the 1890s, with lodgings on the second floor.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • Regan is accused of assaulting a fellow trooper at the ReelHouse brewpub in Marina Bay on June 26 in a one-sided fight that was shown in a video taken off the bar’s security camera.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Douglas County, Nevada, sheriff’s deputies said the charges stemmed from a verbal and physical altercation with a brewpub employee, the Daily Tribune reported at the time.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of brewpub
Noun
  • And an afternoon slugging pints at Hog’s Head at Wizarding World of Harry Potter is certainly not the equivalent of a day at an authentic British pub.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Located on the same plot that formerly housed Hamilton’s Tavern, Bock has the look and feel of a European pub.
    — Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of pub

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