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Main Entry:
theatre [thee-uh-ter, theeuh-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: business of plays
Synonyms: drama, dramatics, dramaturgy, footlights, histrionics, histrionism, theater, theatrics, troupe
Main Entry: arena
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of activity
Synonyms: battlefield, battleground, domain, field, province, realm, scene, sector, sphere, territory, theatre
Main Entry: nightclub
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place for evening entertainment
Synonyms: bar, bistro, cabaret, café, casino, disco, discotheque, dive*, hideaway, honky-tonk, joint*, night spot, nightery, nitery, restaurant, roadhouse, saloon, speakeasy, spot, supper club, tavern, theatre, watering hole
Example Sentences
  • In the theatre to do so is often the height of folly.
  • If only every theatre held its patrons to this standard.
  • Understandably, many in conventional theatre didn't much care for her either.
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Main Entry: theater/theatre
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stage, building for performance
Synonyms: amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, barn, boards, cinema, coliseum, concert hall, deck, drama, drive-in, footlights, hall, hippodrome, house, locale, movie, movie house, oak, odeum, opera house, playhouse, room, scene, show hall, site
Main Entry: theater
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stage
Synonyms: amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, barn, boards, cinema, coliseum, concert hall, deck, drama, drive-in, footlights, hall, hippodrome, house, locale, movie, movie house, oak, odeum, opera house, playhouse, room, scene, show hall, site, theatre
Main Entry: dramatics
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: theatrics
Synonyms: acting, drama, dramaturgy, histrionics, stage, theater, theatre
Related Words
Main Entry: acting
Part of Speech: adjective, noun
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Adjectives:
Roscian, balatronic, buskined, comic, cothurnal, dramatic, farcical, histrionic, melodramatic, operatic, scenic, stagey, thalian, theatric, theatrical, tragi, tragic
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Arena.
Category: 1. Conditional antagonism
Synonyms:
-nouns
arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards (playhouse); amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso, turf, cockpit, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars; campus [U.S.]., theater of war, seat of war; battlefield, battleground; field of battle, field of slaughter; Aceldama, camp; the enemy's camp; trusting place (place of meeting).
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