speakeasy

noun

Definition of speakeasynext
as in cabaret

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Recent Examples of speakeasy The plush home theater is finished in blue velvet, while the speakeasy bar echoes the rich wood paneling of the library and has ample wine storage. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2026 At 1,502 square feet, Studio is an intimate, speakeasy-style nightclub with dark interiors, theatrical lighting and an immersive sound system designed for dancing. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 The mansion is scheduled to undergo renovation and reopen as a special events venue, speakeasy and ice cream shop. — Pam Defiglio, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 After dinner, Sanders and Hart took me to a speakeasy in the basement of a hotel on Amarillo’s main drag. — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 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
  • Each show features two stand-ups performing on a small stage in the middle of the Playhouse on Park performance area, surrounded by cabaret-style tables and chairs.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
  • As a cabaret musician who entertains the troops, Penélope Cruz is a wickedly brassy marvel—vamping up a storm one minute, grumbling about her menstrual cycle the next, and eventually coaxing even Sebastián out of his mopey shell.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • Think a giant, twinkling dandelion field; technicolor hopscotch maze; fairy displays everywhere; and snazzy pathways that look straight out of a South Beach nightclub.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Hall’s family settled in Chicago in 1942 after her father scored a steady job at the Rhumboogie Café, a nightclub on the South Side.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 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
  • This modern French bistro in the Arts District is known for its popular burger and Southeast Asian influences dotted throughout the menu.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
  • At street level, Cedilha is a low-lit, sexy neighborhood bistro drawing a very cool crowd of locals and visitors alike.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 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
  • This area hosts a stunning 40-foot bar, taking inspiration from an old-fashioned Southern saloon.
    — Lauren Harano, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Prior to the Bilottis purchasing the building, John Seidel operated a saloon there until his liquor license was revoked by Blue Island’s City Council in 1918, according to the Blue Island Historical Society.
    — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of saloon
Noun
  • In a cozy backroom of Hopstix brewpub in Chamblee earlier this month, a group of young social media content creators learned to mix matcha.
    — Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Wallace was charged in federal court last month on the same day that her successor, Cody Bass, was ordered to spend 10 days in a Douglas County, Nevada, jail for a harassment conviction stemming from an altercation at a brewpub.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of brewpub
Noun
  • There have been lows—trying to manufacture a viral dance in an empty pub alongside a dwarf Michael Jackson impersonator among them—but Skepta is old enough to own those now, and grow from them.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
  • In Cornwall, some communities gather in local pubs for a traditional Cornish ‘shout’, joining together to sing folk songs and sea shanties.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of pub

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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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