as in nightclubs
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)
a singing superstar who got her start singing in the cabarets of New York City
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Recent Examples of cabarets
The newest chapter is Velvet Night 76—my personal obsession—inspired by Parisian cabarets.
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Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As revolutionary unrest intensified and the Pahlavi regime imposed martial law and closed cabarets and theaters in an attempt to appease conservatives, her sources of income vanished.
—Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Multiple pop-up runs and cabarets continued until its 2022 Off-Broadway debut.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
All that’s before the evening kicked in with live music, cabarets acts, and theatre shows.
—Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the second half folds in the aesthetics of Vegas strip cabarets with eerie melodies from movie scores like Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
These flamenco venues originally developed during the 1960s throughout Spain replacing cabarets.
—Emily Cardenas, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As revolutionary unrest intensified and the Pahlavi regime imposed martial law and closed cabarets and theaters in an attempt to appease conservatives, her sources of income vanished.
—Richard Nedjat-Haiem, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026
Multiple pop-up runs and cabarets continued until its 2022 Off-Broadway debut.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
All that’s before the evening kicked in with live music, cabarets acts, and theatre shows.
—Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the second half folds in the aesthetics of Vegas strip cabarets with eerie melodies from movie scores like Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
These flamenco venues originally developed during the 1960s throughout Spain replacing cabarets.
—Emily Cardenas, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cabarets
Noun
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Versace became the unofficial uniform at nightclubs—skin-tight minidresses for her, flashy silk shirts for him—and sales at the brand’s boutique in nearby Bal Harbour soared.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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Wherrett, a native of Washington state, moved to Southern California and then San Francisco in the ‘90s, as the state was building its networks of house music festivals, collectives and nightclubs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The oldest neighborhood in New Orleans, known for its 18th-century French and Spanish Creole architecture, jazz clubs and vibrant street life.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2026
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Like him, there were other computer-science students who were in their school robotics clubs.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cabarets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabarets. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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