theater
/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/
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theater noun: a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
Noun
theater (countable and uncountable, plural theaters)
- A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
- Synonyms:
- playhouse
- A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.
- Percy had been too big for the town since he got back from the war. He served in the Pacific theater, behind the lines keeping up the supply chain.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 69
- A lecture theatre.
- An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
- This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!
- A cinema.
- We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.
- Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
- I worked in theater for twenty-five years.
- Synonyms:
- fabulous invalid
- Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
- A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
- The Senate confirmation hearings were just theater.
- security theater; hygiene theater
theater meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
theater in Hindi
- place or building
- थिएटर thieṭar, रंगमंच raṅgmañc, प्रेक्षागृह prekṣāgŕh
- drama or performance as a profession or artform
- रंगमंच raṅgmañc
theater in Tamil
- place or building
- அரங்கு araṅku, அரங்கம் araṅkam
theater in Marathi
- place or building
- नाट्यगृह nāṭyagŕh, नाट्यमंदिर nāṭyamandir
theater in Urdu
- place or building
- تِھئیٹَر thieṭar, تھیٹَر theṭar, تِھیَٹَر thiyaṭar, تِھیئَٹَر thīaṭar
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- theater in Bengali
- মঞ্চনাটক monconaṭok, থিয়েটার thiẏeṭar
- theater in Telugu
- నాటకరంగం nāṭakaraṅgaṁ, థియేటర్ thiyēṭar
- theater in Malayalam
- രംഗകല raṅgakala, തിയേറ്റർ tiyēṟṟaṟ
- theater in Kannada
- ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ raṅgabhūmi, ರಂಗಮಂಟಪ raṅgamaṇṭapa
- theater in Odia
- ଥିଏଟର thieṭara
- theater in Sinhala
- නාට්ය කලාව nāṭya kalāwa
- theater in Assamese
- থিয়েটাৰ thietar
- theater in Pashto
- تياتر tyātər, نندارځى nəndārjay
- theater in Tagalog
- teatro, dulaan
- theater in Arabic
- مَسْرَح masraḥ
- theater in Malay
- teater
- theater in Indonesian
- teater, palagan
- theater in Thai
- โรงละคร roong-lá-kɔɔn, ละคร lá-kɔɔn
- theater in Vietnamese
- nhà hát, rạp hát
- theater in Myanmar
- ကပွဲရုံ ka.pwai:rum, ဇာတ်ရုံ jatrum
Examples of theater in a sentence
- We saw such an awful film last night that we left the theater before the end.
- They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.
- We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.
Synonyms of theater
Forms of theater
| plural | theaters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | theatre |
Origin of theater
Inherited from Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron, “a place for viewing”), from θεᾰ́ομαι (theắomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Doublet of tiatr.
Words formed from theater
- antitheater
- cybertheater
- intertheater
- microtheater
- minitheater
- multitheater
- nontheater
- paratheater
- posttheater
- pretheater
- theatercore
- theaterette
- theaterless
- theaterlike
- theaterwide
- theatral
- theatric
- theatrical
- theatrically
- atmospheric theater
- boat-in theater
- dinner theater
- dubbing theater
- guerrilla theater
- home theater
- hygiene theater
- illegitimate theater
- kabuki theater
- legitimate theater
- movie theater
- moving-picture theater
- musical theater
- security theater
- senior theater
- shout fire in a crowded theater
- shouting fire in a crowded theater
- stock theater
- street theater
- theatergoer
- theatergoing
- theater-in-the-round
- theater in the round
- theater kid
- theaterland
- theater of cruelty
- theater of fact
- theater of panic
- theater of protest
- theater of the absurd
- theater of the mind
- theater of the streets
- theater of war
- theatremaker
- theatermaker
- variety theater
Phrases with theater
Questions about theater
- What does theater mean?
- Theater means a place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
- What is theater in Hindi?
- Theater in Hindi is थिएटर (thieṭar), रंगमंच (raṅgmañc), प्रेक्षागृह (prekṣāgŕh). See Theater meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is theater?
- Theater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce theater?
- Theater is pronounced /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of theater?
- The plural of theater is theaters.
Words near theater in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: theater (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.
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