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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accommodation for travellers |
| Synonyms: | auberge, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, lodge, motel, public house, resort, roadhouse, saloon, tavern |
| Main Entry: | hostel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lodging |
| Synonyms: | hotel, inn, youth hostel, youth hotel |
| Notes: | a hostel is inexpensive supervised lodging, while hostile means characterized by enmity or ill will or very unfriendly or antagonistic |
| Main Entry: | hotel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where one pays for accommodation |
| Synonyms: | auberge, boarding house, caravansary, dump*, fleabag, flophouse, hospice, hostel, hostelry, house, inn, lodging, motel, motor inn, public house, resort, roadhouse, rooming house, spa, tavern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cabin; vacation residence |
| Synonyms: | abode, auberge, burrow, camp, chalet, cottage, couch, country house, den, dormitory, dwelling, gatehouse, haunt, home, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, house, hut, inn, motel, public house, retreat, roadhouse, shack, shanty, shelter, stopover, tavern, villa |
| Main Entry: | lodging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accommodation for rent |
| Synonyms: | abode, address, apartment, bed and breakfast, boarding house, camp, castle, chambers, cover, domicile, dorm, dwelling, habitation, harbor, home, hostel, hotel, inn, lodge, lodgment, motel, palace, pied-à-terre, place, port, protection, quarters, residence, resort, roof, room, room and board, rooming house, shelter |
| Main Entry: | motel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporary, short-term residence, often for travelers |
| Synonyms: | cabin, court, hotel, inn, lodge, motor court, resort, roadhouse |
| Main Entry: | pub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business where liquor and food are served |
| Synonyms: | after-hours joint, ale house, bar, barroom, beer joint, drinkery, drinking establishment, gin mill, inn, joint*, lounge, public house, roadhouse, saloon, taproom, tavern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vacation place |
| Synonyms: | camp, fat farm, hangout, harbor, haunt, haven, hideaway, hideout, holiday spot, hot spring, hotel, inn, lodge, mineral spring, motel, nest, park, purlieu, refuge, rendezvous, retreat, spa, spot, spring, stomping ground, tourist center, tourist trap |
| Notes: | recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!) |
| Main Entry: | restaurant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business establishment serving food and drink |
| Synonyms: | bar, cafeteria, café, canteen, chophouse, coffee shop, diner, dining room, dive*, doughtnut shop, drive-in, eatery, eating house, eating place, fast-food place, greasy spoon, grill, hamburger stand, hashery, hideaway, hotdog stand, inn, joint*, luncheonette, lunchroom, night club, outlet*, pizzeria, saloon, soda fountain, watering hole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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