Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

mall

[mawl, mal] / mɔl, mæl /
NOUN
commercial complex with many individual retail stores
Synonyms


NOUN
shopping center
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

People used to walk into our mall stores because of the scent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“Backrooms,” the No. 1 movie in the country currently, is a horror movie that takes place in a seemingly endless liminal space that articulates itself as generic strip mall or office spaces.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

One of them, a 69-year-old retired pharmaceutical microbiologist from Maryland named Robert Gerber, told me he once sold Florsheims at a suburban mall while attending college at Drexel University.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

In town, a few residents wandered through a mostly empty shopping mall, while members of the security forces ate ice lollies at an observation point under the blazing sun.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“Remember the time we made those stuffed bears at Build-A-Bear Workshop and strutted them around the mall, so proud of ourselves?”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "mall" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com