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movie

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Synonyms and Antonyms of movie

1 a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track

there was much excitement when it was announced that the popular children's book would be turned into a movie

Synonyms of movie

film, flick, flicker, motion picture, moving picture, picture

Words Related to movie

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

B movie, B picture, cofeature

2 movies plural the art or business of making a movie

many a small-town girl has gone to Hollywood, dreaming of making it big in the movies

Synonyms of movie

big screen, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, moviemaking, pictures, screen, silver screen

Words Related to movie

Bollywood, Hollywood

showbiz, show business

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