theatrical
/θiːˈætɹɪkəl/US/θiˈætɹɪkəl/
theatrical adjective: of or relating to the theatre.
Adjective
theatrical (comparative more theatrical, superlative most theatrical)
- Of or relating to the theatre.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV...
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Fake and exaggerated.
- The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.1941 July, “The Armistice Coach”, in Railway Magazine, page 317
- Synonyms:
- affected, stagy, effete, fey, recherché, hoity-toity, overrefined, pansified, precious, pretentious
Noun
theatrical (plural theatricals)
- A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
- A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
- Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.2005, The Hollywood Reporter, page 61
- A person who works in theatre.
- Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.1945, George Tabori, Beneath the Stone, page 177
theatrical meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
theatrical in Tamil
- நடிப்பியல்பான, புறப்பகட்டான
theatrical in Marathi
- नाट्यमय
theatrical in Urdu
- بھڑک دار, دکھاوے کا, ناٹکی
theatrical in Telugu
- థియేట్రికల్
More languagesFewer languages
- theatrical in Malayalam
- നാടകസംബന്ധിയായ
- theatrical in Punjabi
- ਥੀਏਟਰਿਕ
- theatrical in Nepali
- नाटकीय
Examples of theatrical in a sentence
- The most famous Broadway theatrical revues of all time were the Ziegfeld Follies.
- Some concepts found in literature are unrepresentable on the theatrical stage.
- The role in the soap opera was the kiss of death for Ann's career as a theatrical actress.
Synonyms of theatrical
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Forms of theatrical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more theatrical |
| superlative | most theatrical |
| Noun | |
| plural | theatricals |
Origin of theatrical
From Latin theātricus + -al. By surface analysis, theatre + -ical.
Words formed from theatrical
Phrases with theatrical
Questions about theatrical
- What does theatrical mean?
- Theatrical means of or relating to the theatre.
- What is theatrical in Tamil?
- Theatrical in Tamil is நடிப்பியல்பான, புறப்பகட்டான. See Theatrical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is theatrical?
- Theatrical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce theatrical?
- Theatrical is pronounced /θiːˈætɹɪkəl/ (UK).
Words near theatrical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: theatrical (page history and authors); theatrical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); theatrical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); theatrical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); theatrical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); theatrical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); theatrical (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); theatrical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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