| Main Entry: | hangout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
Synonyms: |
bar, den*, dive*, haunt*, home, honky-tonk, joint*, purlieu, resort, stomping ground, watering hole |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |