Definitions

barbershop

[bahr-ber-shop] / ˈbɑr bərˌʃɒp /

NOUN

hair-dressing establishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beauty parlor beauty salon

STRONG

barber

WEAK

hair salon hairdressing salon styling salon tonsorium

Example Sentences

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Angel Delgadillo Sr. had opened a pool hall and barbershop along the road.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England—The neighborhood around Harris Hussein’s barbershop in this once thriving industrial city is marked by potholes and strewn with piles of uncollected trash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Local barbershop Gornik & Drucker doesn’t know if it can reopen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Saman says working illegally in a car wash, barbershop or mini-mart would have been very easy to do, but he told us he would never have done that.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

I sell a bunch of candy during the fourth graders’ lunch, which makes me even more hyped about going to the barbershop after school.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist