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 film, flick, flicker, motion picture, moving picture, picture Related Words animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject; silent, talkie; B movie, B picture, cofeature

2 movies pl  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 big screen, cinema, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking, moviemaking, pictures, screen, silver screen Related Words Bollywood, Hollywood; showbiz, show business