Entry Word: movie

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track <there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie>

Synonyms film, motion picture, moving picture, picture

Related Words animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature

2 movies pluralthe art or business of making a movie <many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies>

Synonyms cinema, film, motion pictures, pictures, screen

Related Words show business