Synonyms of the word

cinema

• n. (countable) A film.
• n. (countable) A movie theatre, a movie house.
• n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
• n. (film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.
• n. (film, uncountable) The art of making films and movies.

celluloid

• n. Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic…
• n. (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.

film

• n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• n. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
• n. A movie.
• n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
• n. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
• v. To record a motion picture on photographic film.
• v. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

house

• n. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
• n. The people who live in a house; a household.
• n. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
• n. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or…
• n. A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre,…
• n. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
• n. (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a…
• n. A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
• n. (figuratively) a place of rest or repose.
• n. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
• n. An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
• n. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
• n. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
• n. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
• n. Lotto; bingo.
• n. (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
• v. (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
• v. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
• v. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
• v. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
• v. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
• v. (obsolete) To drive to a shelter.
• v. (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
• v. (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
• n. (music) House music.

medium

• n. (plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum,…
• n. (plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
• n. (plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
• n. (plural media or mediums, engineering) The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing…
• n. (plural media or mediums, microbiology) A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
• n. (plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
• n. (plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
• n. (plural mediums or media, painting) A tool used for painting or drawing.
• n. (plural mediums, spiritualism) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
• n. (plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
• n. (plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
• n. (plural mediums, Ireland, dated, informal) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
• n. A middle place or degree.
• n. (dated) An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
• n. (logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
• adj. (obsolete) Arithmetically average.
• adj. Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
• adj. Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still…
• adv. to a medium extent.

theater

• n. A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical…
• n. A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to…
• n. A lecture theatre.
• n. (medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
• n. (US) A cinema.
• n. Drama or performance as a profession or artform.

theatre

• n. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of theater.
• n. (US) Often used specifically of playhouses and drama, so as to distinguish from moviehouses and cinema.