Synonyms for theatre
- noun
- British English
Most common
dramatics dramaturgy stage scene surgery movie theatre arena lyceum
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. House
2. Dramaturgy
Definitions
- n. 1
A cinema; movie theatre.
- n. 2
A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
Related words
- Word family
- theatric theatrical theatrically
- Phrases
- movie theatre operating theatre improvisational theatre drive-in theatre lecture theatre
- Other spellings
- theater US
Forms
- Plural
- theatres → houses, dramaturgies, stages, scenes…
Example sentences
- dramatics We got hooked on it, the excitement, the dramatics and the whole thing.
- stage Yesterday, we finished constructing the new stage.
- scene Five fire engines rushed to the scene of the fire.
- surgery Tom should be out of surgery in about three hours.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| theatre | steady | |
| dramatics | falling | |
| dramaturgy | rising | |
| stage | steady | |
| scene | rising | |
| surgery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- house1, field1, stage1, scene1, arena3
- 6 letters
- lyceum
- 7 letters
- surgery3
- 9 letters
- dramatics3
- 10 letters
- dramaturgy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arena3 = 3 syllables).