honky-tonk

1. 1.

   a cheap drinking and dancing establishment

   Synonymsbarrelhouse

   Broaderbarroom

Questions about honky-tonk

What does honky-tonk mean?

honky-tonk means "a cheap drinking and dancing establishment".

How many syllables are in honky-tonk?

honky-tonk has 3 syllables: hon-ky--tonk. The stress falls on "hon".

What is another word for honky-tonk?

Close synonyms include barrelhouse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is honky-tonk a common word?

honky-tonk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.