nightlife
After-dark entertainment
Nightlife is the entertainment and social activity available in a city or town after dark—bars, clubs, restaurants, concerts, and similar venues.
The term implies a scene with energy and options: The neighborhood has great nightlife.
A city's nightlife is often a measure of its vibrancy and appeal to young people.
Drinking establishment
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- loungeComfortable waiting room
- cocktailsAlcoholic blended beverages
- minglingCasual social interaction
dating · hookup · wingman · bartender · regulars · crawl · rounds · speakeasy
Music mixer performer
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
- bouncerVenue entrance enforcer
- nightclubEvening entertainment venue
- technoElectronic dance genre
house · bass · strobe · rave · glowsticks · VIP · bottle service · mixologist
Inert illuminating element
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- downtownCentral business district
- streetlightsRoadside night illumination
- taxicabsHired passenger vehicles
latenight · sidewalks · alleyways · redlight · strip · boulevard · hotspots · district
bar
Drinking establishment
- pubLicensed drinking establishment
- loungeComfortable waiting room
- cocktailsAlcoholic blended beverages
mingling · dating · hookup · wingman · bartender · regulars · crawl · rounds · speakeasy · taproom
DJ
Music mixer performer
- dancefloorSurface for rhythmic movement
- bouncerVenue entrance enforcer
- nightclubEvening entertainment venue
techno · house · bass · strobe · rave · glowsticks · VIP · bottle service · mixologist · turntables
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Inert illuminating element
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- downtownCentral business district
- streetlightsRoadside night illumination
taxicabs · latenight · sidewalks · alleyways · redlight · strip · boulevard · hotspots · district · backstreets
cabaret
Live entertainment venue
burlesque · karaoke · venue · stage · performance · singer · band · standup · improv · showtime
tapas
Spanish appetizer assortment
- mezzeMiddle Eastern small dishes
- dinerCasual American eatery
- foodstallsBooths vending prepared meals
- Eastern EuropePoland, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria
- "life" phraseslifeblood, wildlife, lowlife, highlife
- discretionary spendingentertainment, dining out, eating out, vacations, travel
- Las Vegascasino, slot machine, gambling, blackjack, poker
- neighborhood factorswalkability, public transit, crime rate, school district, cost of living
- Roaring Twentiesflappers, Charleston, speakeasies, jazz age, Prohibition
nightlifemorning routine
Daily start-of-day habits
day shift · morning hours · morning person · daylight hours · nine-to-five
nightlifestaying in
Not going out
home life · domestic life · early night · solitude · hermit lifestyle
nightlifedomesticity
Life centered around home
family life · early to bed · suburban life · teetotaling · sobriety
life, night, lifetime, nighttime, nightly, nights, lifelike, nocturnal, nightclubs