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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
2. 2
   a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry wordnet
3. 3
   A small shop located within a larger one.
4. 4
   A film production company making only a few movies per year.
5. 5
   Any company that has an exclusively smaller client base generally in a niche market or specializing in bespoke or custom-made products or services. attributive, often

   "a boutique software consultancy"

Synonyms

All synonyms

artisanalartisanalchain storeco opco-opconcession

Example

More examples

"They stayed at a small, but luxurious boutique hotel in the heart of Berlin."

Etymology

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of apotheke and bodega.

Related phrases

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.