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filmlike

filmlike adjective: resembling a film.

Adjective

filmlike (comparative more filmlike, superlative most filmlike)

  1. Resembling a film.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Unrealistically romantic, exciting, scenic, etc.
  3. Having qualities similar to those of images captured on photographic film.

Synonyms of filmlike

Forms of filmlike

comparativemore filmlike
superlativemost filmlike

Origin of filmlike

From film + -like.

Questions about filmlike

What does filmlike mean?
Filmlike means resembling a film.
What part of speech is filmlike?
Filmlike is an adjective.

Words near filmlike in the dictionary

  1. filmizes
  2. filmizing
  3. filmland
  4. filmless
  5. filmlessness
  6. filmlike
  7. filmlore
  8. filmmaker
  9. filmmakers
  10. filmmaking
  11. filmmakings

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