Thesaurus:retail store
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: a sheltered place that shows and sells goods to end customers
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[edit]Stores that sell variety of goods
- general store
- country store (US, historical)
- variety store (US)
- supermarket
- hypermarket
- department store
- discount store
- convenience store
- corner store
- corner shop
Stores that sell above all foodstuffs and food to be eated off premises
- grocery
- grocery store
- greengrocer (chiefly UK)
- candy store (US)
- sweet shop (dated, US)
- confectioner's (UK)
- tuck shop (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
- bakeshop
- butcher's (UK)
- delicatessen
Stores that sell above all alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises
- bottle shop (Australia)
- bottlo (Australia)
- liquor store [⇒ thesaurus] (US)
- off-licence (UK)
- offy
- package store (US)
Stores selling a variety of inexpensive items
- dime store (US)
- five-and-dime (US)
- ten-cent store (US)
- dollar store (US, Canada)
- pound shop (UK, Ireland)
Specialized stores
- drugstore
- pharmacy
- apothecary (nonstandard, now historical)
- chemist's (chiefly UK)
- bookstore
- bookshop
- beauty shop
- boutique
- toy store
- hardware store
- chain store
- pet shop
- gift shop
- thrift shop
- charity shop
- paper shop (UK)
- second-hand shop
- antique shop
- bazaar
- sex shop
Stall and similar
Holonyms
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[edit]Various
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “799. mart” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “store” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.