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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
| Synonyms: | bar, den*, dive*, haunt*, home, honky-tonk, joint*, purlieu, resort, stomping ground, watering hole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social organization |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, association, bunch, circle, clique, company, crew, faction, gang, guild, hangout, league, lodge, meeting, mob, order, outfit, ring, set, society, sodality, stamping ground, union |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirty, sleazy establishment |
| Synonyms: | bar, barroom, beer garden cabaret, dump, flea trap, flophouse, hangout, hole, honky-tonk, joint, lounge, night club, pool hall, pub, saloon, taproom, tavern |
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
| Synonyms: | abode, bar, clubhouse, cubbyhole, den, dwelling, gathering place, habitat, hangout, headquarters, home, lair, living quarters, locality, meeting place, niche, place, purlieu, range, rendezvous, resort, retreat, site, stomping ground, trysting place, watering hole |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where a human lives |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, asylum, boarding house, bungalow, cabin, castle, cave*, co-op, commorancy, condo, condominium, cottage, crash pad, diggings, digs, domicile, dormitory, dump*, dwelling, farm, fireside, flat, habitation, hangout, haunt, hearth, hideout, hole in the wall, home plate, homestead, hospital, house, hut, joint*, living quarters, manor, mansion, nest*, orphanage, pad, palace, parking place, place, residence, resort, roof*, rooming house, roost, shanty, shelter, trailer, turf, villa, where the hat is |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | office |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dwelling, room |
| Synonyms: | abode, coop, crib*, digs, hangout, hideout, hive, house, layout*, lodging, quarters, residence, residency, setup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | premises |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grounds and buildings |
| Synonyms: | bounds, campus, digs, establishment, fix, flat, hangout, home, house, joint*, land, lay, layout, limits, neck of the woods, office, pad, place, plant, property, real estate, roof, scene, site, spot, terrace, turf, zone |
| Notes: | a premise is a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; premises are land and buildings together considered as a place of business |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rendezvous |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for get-together |
| Synonyms: | gathering point, hangout, haunt, love nest, meeting place, purlieu, resort, spot, stomping ground, venue, watering hole |
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