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outlet - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place or means of escape, release |
| Synonyms: | aperture, avenue, break, channel, crack, duct, egress, escape, exit, hole, nozzle, opening, orifice, release, safety valve, spout, tear, vent, way out, porthole |
| Antonyms: | egress, entrance |
| Main Entry: | outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | store that sells discounted items |
| Synonyms: | market, shop, factory store, mill store, seconds store, showroom |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, passage, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way, parkway, pathway |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel through which liquid runs off |
| Synonyms: | conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse, cesspool, cloaca |
| Main Entry: | egress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage out |
| Synonyms: | departure, emanation, emergence, escape, exit, exodus, issue, opening, outlet, vent, way out, withdrawal, doorway, exiting, setting-out |
| Antonyms: | entrance |
| Main Entry: | emporium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | market |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, boutique, chain, flea market, mall, mart, outlet, shop, shopping center, stand, store, co-op, cut-rate store, discount store, five-and-dime, galleria, outlet store, shopping plaza, supermarket, thrift shop |
| Main Entry: | loophole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | alternative, escape clause, outlet, technicality, way out, means of escape |
| Main Entry: | market/mart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, venue for selling goods |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, booth, business, delicatessen, department store, emporium, exchange, fair, general store, grocery store, mall, mart, outlet, shop, square, stall, stock exchange, store, trading post, truck, variety store, warehouse, bodega, chain store, co-op, corner store, deli, dimestore, drugstore, shopping mall, showroom, souk, supermarket |
| Main Entry: | orifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | aperture, cavity, crack, hole, mouth, outlet, slit, spout, vent, window |
| Main Entry: | pore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small aperture in skin |
| Synonyms: | opening, orifice, outlet, vesicle, foramen, stoma, sweat gland |
| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
| Synonyms: | ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower*, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap*, stronghold, way out, harborage, hiding place, safe place |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restaurant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business establishment serving food and drink |
| Synonyms: | bar, café, cafeteria, canteen, coffee shop, diner, dining room, dive*, greasy spoon*, grill, hideaway*, inn, joint*, luncheonette, outlet*, saloon, chophouse, doughtnut shop, drive-in, eatery, eating house, eating place, fast-food place, hamburger stand, hashery, hotdog stand, lunchroom, night club, pizzeria, soda fountain, watering hole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of retail business |
| Synonyms: | boutique, chain, department store, emporium, market, mill, outlet, stand, store, deli, five-and-dime, showroom, supermarket |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Main Entry: | way out |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way of escape |
| Synonyms: | egress, escape, exit, loophole, opening, outlet |
| Main Entry: | electrical outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | receptacle for wiring |
| Synonyms: | outlet, receptacle, electric outlet, electric receptacle, wall plug, wall socket |
| Main Entry: | safety valve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release for something at dangerous level |
| Synonyms: | outlet, escape valve, means of escape, relief valve |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way out of a place |
| Synonyms: | avenue, door, egress, fire escape, gate, hole, opening, outlet, vent, passage out |
| Antonyms: | entrance |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, fissure, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window, eyelet, foramen, keyhole, perforation |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, hole |
| Synonyms: | aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, door, fissure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orifice, outlet, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window, discontinuity, perforation |
| Antonyms: | closure, solid, closing |
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