Synonyms and antonyms of Bars, pubs and clubs in British Thesaurus

alehouse (noun)

an old word for a place where people go to drink beer

bar (noun)

a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks

beer garden (noun)

an area outside a pub where people can sit at tables and drink

bistro (noun)

a small restaurant or bar

boozer (noun)

Britishinformal a pub or bar

club (noun)

a place you go to in the evening for entertainment

club (noun)

a place you go to in the evening to dance and drink

coaching inn (noun)

British a hotel or pub where old-fashioned coaches and their passengers used to stop for the night

dive (noun)

informal a bar or club that is dirty, cheap, and unpleasant

free house (noun)

a pub in the UK that is not owned by one particular brewery and can therefore sell beer made by various different companies

gastropub (noun)

British a pub that serves good quality food

honky-tonk (noun)

in the US, a noisy bar, often in a bad part of a city

hostelry (noun)

Britishhumorous a pub or hotel

hotel (noun)

Australian a pub

the house (noun)

a restaurant, hotel, pub, or club

inn (noun)

a small hotel or pub, especially one in the country

joint (noun)

informal a restaurant, bar, or club, especially one that is cheap and not very nice

local (noun)

Britishinformal a pub that is near your home, especially one that you go to regularly

lounge (noun)

British a lounge bar

pub (noun)

a place where people go to drink alcohol, especially in the UK and Ireland

public house (noun)

Britishformal a pub

roadhouse (noun)

mainly Americanold-fashioned a hotel or bar on a main road in the countryside

saloon (noun)

a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks

shebeen (noun)

especially in Ireland, Scotland and South Africa, a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally

shebeen (noun)

South African in South African townships, an informal place where alcoholic drinks are sold

social club (noun)

a club with a bar for people who belong to a particular organization

speakeasy (noun)

a place that illegally served alcoholic drinks in the US during Prohibition (=the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcohol was illegal)

tavern (noun)

an old word meaning ‘pub’

watering hole (noun)

informal a pub or other place where people go to drink alcohol

wine bar (noun)

a place where you can drink wine and eat a meal