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Synonyms for film

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

picture motion picture

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Movie

movie US AU NZ, motion picture, flick informal, picture, pic, picture show dated, moving-picture show dated, moving picture dated

2. Cinema

cinema, celluloid

Other

skin, pellicle

Verb

shoot, photograph, take, snap

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.

    a clear plastic film for wrapping food

  2. n. 2

    A medium used to capture images in a camera.

  3. v. 1

    To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

    I tried to film the UFO as it passed overhead.

Related words

Word family
filmaholic film-craft filmdom filmland filmlike filmy
Phrases
silent film adult film film director snuff film action film art film blood film blue film

Forms

Plural
films → movies, flicks, pictures, pics…
Past participle
filmed
e.g. filmed → shot, photographed, taken, snapped…

Example sentences

  • picture It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
filmsteady
picturesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pic1
4 letters
take1, skin1, snap1
5 letters
movie2, shoot1, flick1
6 letters
cinema3
7 letters
picture2
8 letters
pellicle
9 letters
celluloid3
10 letters
photograph3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (movie2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pellicule
Italiano
pellicola
Deutsch
Schuppen