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Synonyms of eatery

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Another word for eatery is automat. Other synonyms of eatery are beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff and canteen.

Synonyms and similar words for eatery

nounA restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

  • 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.
  • dinerA typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally...
  • dining hallA large room, typically in schools or colleges, where people eat together.
  • hashery
  • hotel
  • luncheonetteA small diner or restaurant that serves lunch.
  • lunchroom
  • 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 eatery

  1. noun A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

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Questions about synonyms of eatery

What is another word for eatery?
Eatery has 16 synonyms on Word.ws, such as automat, beanery, buffet, cafeteria, caff, canteen, cookhouse and cookshack.
What does eatery mean?
Eatery means a restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eatery (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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