movie

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, flick, flicker, motion picture, moving picture, picture Related Words animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject; silent, talkie; B movie, B picture, cofeature

2 movies pl  the 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 big screen, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, moviemaking, pictures, screen, silver screen Related Words Bollywood, Hollywood; showbiz, show business