theme park

noun

: an amusement park in which the structures and settings are based on a central theme

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Businesses had patrons who were there for the shopping as well as to visit the theme park. Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Building top tier theme parks and lands requires as many as 10,000 workers and hundreds of suppliers covering everything from roller coaster manufacturers and scenery fabricators right down to costume vendors and paint distributors. Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 All three of those parks are family-friendly, but the best theme park for all ages is EPCOT. Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for theme park

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of theme park was in 1960

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“Theme park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theme%20park. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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theme park

noun
: an amusement park in which the structures and settings are based on a central theme
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