saloon

Noun

Meaning

A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.

Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sedan bar pub public house barroom pothouse ginmill gin mill taphouse taproom hall inn auberge tavern bistro
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Antonyms

freight car boxcar soup kitchen flatcar covered wagon two-seater
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Hypernyms

tavern machine car room automobile auto

Hyponyms

brougham alehouse honky-tonk speakeasy barrelhouse cocktail lounge

Related terms

salon

Phrases with the word

oyster saloon saloon carriage hairdressing saloon beauty saloon drinking saloon stellar saloon

Anagrams

solano Alonso Losano lasoon

Examples

The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. Billy Sunday

If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon. W. C. Fields

I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear. Billy Sunday

I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon. Billy Sunday

There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects. Billy Sunday

I want to thank you in an empty church and dry saloon. Estonian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

salonlike salonnier saloogie saloon carriage saloon keeper saloonatic