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Synonyms of diner

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Another word for diner is restaurant. Other synonyms of diner are dining car, restaurant car, pub, choke and puke and automat.

Synonyms and similar words for diner

nounA car in a railroad train that serves meals.

nounA typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves...

  • pub British
  • choke and pukeA roadside diner or truck stop restaurant; referring to the quick, often low-quality food the drivers have to eat in a...
  • automat
  • beaneryAn inexpensive restaurant or cafe; a bistro.
  • buffet
  • cafeteria
  • caff UKSynonym of café.
  • canteen
  • cookhouseA small building where cooking takes place.
  • cookshackA simple building where food is cooked, for example in a logging settlement.
  • dining hallA large room, typically in schools or colleges, where people eat together.
  • eatery Canada, USA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.
  • hashery
  • hotel
  • luncheonetteA small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.
  • lunchroomA diner or small restaurant that serves lunch.
  • noshery informalA restaurant.
  • restaurantAn eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast...

Meaning of diner

  1. noun Someone who dines.
  2. noun Someone who gives a dinner.
  3. noun A car in a railroad train that serves meals.

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Questions about synonyms of diner

What is another word for diner?
Diner has 20 synonyms on Word.ws, such as restaurant, dining car, restaurant car, pub, choke and puke, automat, beanery and buffet.
What does diner mean?
Diner means someone who dines.

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