speakeasy

noun

Definition of speakeasynext
as in cabaret

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Recent Examples of speakeasy Rather than leaning into the speakeasy trend, the Upper Room provides an accessible gathering place where quality drinks meet a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026 Swifties believe this dark speakeasy on East Seventh Street is that bar. — Lily Boyce, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Those venues, which include an arts and crafts area, karaoke and escape rooms and a speakeasy, will replace the 1,836-passenger ship’s kids spaces. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 30 June 2026 There’s also the Red Room, a speakeasy with its own menu, cocktail menu and a full bar. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 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
  • Evenings revolve around the glamorous Faena Theater, home to the hotel’s signature cabaret performances.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • To work around this, some Gen Z ravers are swapping vodka shots for espresso shots and chasing their weekly serotonin buzz beneath café lights rather than nightclub strobes.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Prosecutors argued the three women were killed in the crossfire of rival gangs’ gun battle in the middle of the bustling intersection as nightclubs closed early on April 3.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • The next night the State Police across the line in New York became suspicious of two men hanging around a gray Cadillac at a roadhouse called the Hollywood Cafe in Brewster.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Down at the Borderline kicks up some roadhouse dirt, for example, while the recent Nobody Held Her Like Me explores soul music.
    — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 15 June 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Read on for more outdoor seating deals to shop this week, including a rocking bistro set, a stylish rattan egg chair, and a chaise lounge duo marked down by 66%.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
  • Kimberly and three friends held a 3AM meeting at Burning Man, voting to buy and refurbish the hotel and save the bistro.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 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 meant, for instance, taping dialogue cues to cash registers in the saloon in the hopes that bartenders could become a character.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Chinese mega-corps BYD is making huge inroads in European markets with its technically accomplished saloons and SUVs.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • Pedals & Pints Brewing (Thousand Oaks, California) Pedals & Pints Brewing is a brewpub with about a dozen beers available in their Thousand Oaks taproom, along with a full food menu.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The Urban Vibrancy Institute’s Every Thursday initiative recruited bands to play at different brewpubs and restaurants in 2022 and then expanded that into a series of block parties with live music and food trucks in different downtown districts.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Definition of brewpub
Noun
  • These bands book their own gigs in pubs, warehouses, and anywhere that will have them.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 July 2026
  • The staff report recommended regulating these businesses as separate categories — bars and nightclubs; restaurants and brew pubs; and wineries, distilleries and breweries — a change that could allow more alcohol-serving businesses overall.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of pub

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