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
Relevance
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
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of cinema
While his early films were about becoming human again, about using the fiction of cinema to make someone more real, his recent work has tacked in the opposite direction—intensifying alienation to such an extent that the human disappears.
—
Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
But guests may find themselves getting pleasantly lost in the hotel’s nightlife and social scene which includes a jazz club, a small cinema room, and a private cocktail lounge.
—Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Wuthering Heights, the writer-director Emerald Fennell’s new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s groundbreaking Gothic novel, is her best film to date—a heaving, rip-snortingly carnal good time at the cinema.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
His calling card when figuring out how to book cinemas?
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cinema
Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
But guests may find themselves getting pleasantly lost in the hotel’s nightlife and social scene which includes a jazz club, a small cinema room, and a private cocktail lounge.
—Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
Wuthering Heights, the writer-director Emerald Fennell’s new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s groundbreaking Gothic novel, is her best film to date—a heaving, rip-snortingly carnal good time at the cinema.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
His calling card when figuring out how to book cinemas?
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 8 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cinema
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cinema
Noun
-
Take, for example, the Roberto Cavalli dress Robbie wore to kick off the film’s promotion last month.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
-
In another demonstration, images encoded into flat films gradually became visible as the material morphed into dome-like 3D structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
In June 2013, Nikolic invites Gates to attend Crazy Horse, a famous burlesque cabaret theater in Paris.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
-
Check out the new trailer for the film below, which Searchlight Pictures will release in theaters on Friday, March 20.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Both of these sections suffer from flat filmmaking that relies on drama that’s largely told, rather than felt.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
-
That said, international filmmaking is in feeble shape, partly because of the jambalaya of international co-productions, partly because of the inroads of television aesthetics, and partly because of the cloistered aestheticism of self-conscious art-house cinema.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
In September, playhouse officials announced that David Ellenstein, who had been its artistic director since 2023, would retire from his post, saying at the time that the venue planned to pursue a different artistic direction.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
-
The town of Bay Harbor, which has a population of about 6,000, sits some 18 miles northeast of the playhouse and the city of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
The movie also offers a bunch of original Charli XCX tunes, spawning a soundtrack much better than the singer’s own lackluster mockumentary.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
-
And yet, this is what a generation of moviegoers thrilled by the stylistic excess of A24 and Neon movies want from the big-screen experience.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cinema. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
