THEATER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for THEATER?

Need another word that means the same as “theater”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “theater” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Theater” are: dramatics, dramaturgy, theatre, field, field of operations, theater of operations, theatre of operations, house

Theater as a Noun

Definitions of "Theater" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “theater” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The art of writing and producing plays.
• A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.
• A region in which active military operations are in progress.

Synonyms of "Theater" as a noun (8 Words)

dramatics	The art of writing and producing plays. Cut out the dramatics.
dramaturgy	The art of writing and producing plays. Studies of Shakespeare s dramaturgy.
field	A fielder. Anthropologists do much of their work in the field.
field of operations	A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought.
house	The management of a gambling house or casino. The sixty member National Council the country s upper house.
theater of operations	A region in which active military operations are in progress.
theatre	An operating theatre. This is intense moving and inspiring theatre.
theatre of operations	A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work.

Usage Examples of "Theater" as a noun

• He served in the Vietnam theater for three years.

Associations of "Theater" (30 Words)

acting	Serving temporarily especially as a substitute. She studied acting in New York.
actor	A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television. In war one must be a good actor.
anteroom	A large room in an officers’ mess, typically adjacent to the dining room.
cinematic	Relating to the cinema. Cinematic output.
comedian	An entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience laugh. He s a real comedian this fellow.
comic	A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. A comic monologue.
composer	Someone who composes music as a profession. Mozart was her favourite composer.
doll	Informal terms for a (young) woman. I got all dolled up for a party.
dramatist	A person who writes plays.
entertainer	A person who tries to please or amuse. Street entertainers.
film	Be well or badly suited to portrayal in a film. A horror film.
foyer	An entrance hall in a house or flat. The foyer of the concert hall.
histrionic	Excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style. Histrionic gestures.
impresario	A person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas.
lobby	An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor typically through lobbying. Members of the anti abortion lobby.
minstrel	A performer in a minstrel show. The exaggerated dialect of blackface minstrels.
movie	A cinema film. They went to a movie every Saturday night.
musician	Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession. Your father was a fine musician.
nickelodeon	A cinema with an admission fee of one nickel.
novelist	One who writes novels.
performer	An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience. A circus performer.
playwright	Someone who writes plays.
preview	A facility for inspecting the appearance of a document before it is printed. The company will preview an enhanced version of its database.
puppet	A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer. A puppet show.
screening	Fabric of metal or plastic mesh. The less than successful screening of the sitcom s pilot episode.
stunt	Perform a stunt or stunts. Some weeds produce chemicals that stunt the plant s growth.
theatrical	A professional actor or actress. A boarding house that catered for theatricals.
vaudeville	A light or comic stage play with interspersed songs. His comedic roots are in vaudeville.
ventriloquist	A person, especially an entertainer, who can make their voice appear to come from somewhere else, typically a dummy of a person or animal.
video	A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape. They sat down to watch a video.