Word.ws English Dictionary

suitmation

suitmation noun: a makeup special effects technique for portraying enormous creatures, by having an actor wear a suit near a set of minatures.

Noun

suitmation (uncountable)

  1. A makeup special effects technique for portraying enormous creatures, by having an actor wear a suit near a set of minatures.

Origin of suitmation

From Japanese スーツメーション, from blend of English suit + English animation. Originally used to describe the technique used on Gojira (Godzilla) to make the creature come to life.

Questions about suitmation

What does suitmation mean?
Suitmation means a makeup special effects technique for portraying enormous creatures, by having an actor wear a suit near a set of minatures.
What part of speech is suitmation?
Suitmation is a noun.

Words near suitmation in the dictionary

  1. suitlock
  2. suitlocks
  3. suitmaker
  4. suitmakers
  5. suitmaking
  6. suitmation
  7. suitor
  8. suitored
  9. suitoress
  10. suitoresses
  11. suitoring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: suitmation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “suitmation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/suitmation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.