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motion picture

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of motion picture

a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track
  • a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture
Synonyms of motion picture

film, flick, flicker, movie, moving picture, picture
Words Related to motion picture

animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject

silent, talkie

B movie, B picture, cofeature

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