Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "mall" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

american suburbia city downtown large city montana populous area shop shopping area suburb suburbs town

Derived Terms

cybermall dead mall ghost mall mall cop mall ninja mall rat mall shooter mall shooting mall traffic mall walker mall walking mall-goer mallcore mallgoer mallgoth mallification mallsoft mallspeak mallternative megamall mini-mall minimall pall-mall shopping mall strip mall supermall unmalled

Etymologically Related To

maul pall mall

Has Part

many bright lights outside many different stores in many shops

Context

australia new zealand north america

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

mercantile establishment outlet paseo retail store sales outlet walk walkway

Type Of (IsA)

building place for shopping

Related Terms

admiralty arch alley area avenue beat big bruise buckingham palace build up building center centre ceremonial conglomeration fun hammer hangout location london mallet many shops many stores outlet pall mall pedestrianise place plaza polo promenade retail retail outlet route shop shopping shopping area shopping building shopping center shopping centre shopping location shopping mall shopping place shopping plaza shops store store conglomeration stores suburban suburban shopping teenager teenager hangout trafalgar square washington dc

Synonym Network

footpath plaza promenade retail park shopping center shopping mall sidewalk

Used For

buy clothes community building concentrated foot traffic contain shops convenient way to buy eating economic way to sell exercising by power walkers gathering shops getting food getting material goods go shopping in going to movies going to store hanging out hanging out at hanging out with friends meet with people meeting friends meeting new people selling stuff shop shop at shopping shopping with friends special events spending money teenagers to spend time walkin on walking watching people walk by

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