theater

Plural: theaters

Noun

• A building or area where plays, movies, or shows are presented.
• a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
• the art of writing and producing plays
• a region in which active military operations are in progress
  • "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
• 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.
• A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
• A lecture theatre.
• An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
• A cinema.
• Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
• Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
• A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.

Examples

• His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.
• I worked in theater for twenty-five years.
• security theater; hygiene theater
• The Scrabble board became a THEATER for his dramatic seven-letter word plays.
• The Senate confirmation hearings were just theater.
• This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!
• We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.

Synonyms

dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, field, field of operations, house, theater of operations, theatre, theatre of operations, fabulous invalid, playhouse

Related Words

THEATRIC