auditorium

noun

au·​di·​to·​ri·​um ˌȯ-də-ˈtȯr-ē-əm 

plural auditoriums or auditoria ˌȯ-də-ˈtȯr-ē-ə 

1

: the part of a public building where an audience sits

2

: a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings

Synonyms

• amphitheater
• arena
• garden
• hall
• theater
• theatre

Examples of auditorium in a Sentence

will hold the town meeting in the high school auditorium

Recent Examples on the Web

Stay away from windows and do not go to large open rooms such as cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025

Their calls for a larger auditorium didn’t go anywhere after promised private fundraising failed to materialize. —Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025

The main auditorium of Angelus Temple seated five thousand people in two balconies and rivalled Grauman’s nearby Chinese and Egyptian theatres in size and production values. —Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025

To do so, several projectors installed around the auditorium work in tandem with a massive upstage LED wall to toy with depth perception. —Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin audītōrium "lecture room, hall, body of listeners," from audīre "to hear" + -tōrium, suffix of places, from neuter of -tōrius, deverbal adjective suffix — more at audible entry 1, auditory entry 2

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for auditorium

• cladosporium
• crematorium
• eupatorium
• moratorium
• sanatorium
• conservatorium
• helminthosporium
• corium
• emporium
• scriptorium
• tentorium
• triforium

Kids Definition

auditorium

noun

au·​di·​to·​ri·​um ˌȯd-ə-ˈtōr-ē-əm 

-ˈtȯr-

1

: the part of a public building where an audience sits

2

: a room, hall, or building used for public gatherings