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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

“They’re not going to win again?” the man shouted as he spun on his heels and marched out of the barbershop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 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

The man who kept the barbershop had, up to this time, been a very good friend of Mr. Popper’s.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater