Synonyms of cinema

cinema

noun

ˈsi-nə-mə 

1

as in film

the art or business of making a movie

felt that the cinema was one of the most challenging and fulfilling forms of artistic expression

Synonyms & Similar Words

• film
• filmmaking
• movie
• pictures
• Hollywood
• screen
• moviemaking
• silver screen
• big screen
• filmdom
• Bollywood
• filmland
• showbiz
• show business

2

as in theater

a building or part of a building where movies are shown

got a job cleaning the cinemas at the multiplex

Synonyms & Similar Words

• theater
• playhouse
• multiplex
• nickelodeon
• drive-in
• plex
• megaplex
• cinematheque
• art house
• art theater
• fleapit
• grind house

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cinema

Now the Japanese broadcaster is taking the franchise into cinemas. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

In the film’s early scenes, Iñárritu and Cruise have fun with our perception of Cruise as a sort of deity of cinema who lives apart from the rest of us. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

The festival has also reintroduced its Crosscut Asia section, dedicated to Southeast Asian cinema, which will screen titles including Filipiñana, Four Seasons In Java and Becoming Human. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

And Pedro Pina, vp, YouTube, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), thinks that they will be followed by more successful moves from the online into the cinema world. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026