Synonyms of screenplay

screenplay

noun

ˈskrēn-ˌplā 

as in script

the written form of a story prepared for film production

each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study

Synonyms & Similar Words

• script
• scenario
• text
• story
• shooting script

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of screenplay

One example is its partnership with The Wallis on programming including Live Reads, which brings together film and performing-arts audiences and artists for one-night only staging of screenplays. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

Based on Cesc Gay’s 2020 Spanish film The People Upstairs, the screenplay for The Invite was adapted by actor-filmmakers Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

The interactions between Bourdain and Ciro are pure movie magic and that’s due partly to the performances — both actors have to be in the Oscar race — as well as to the screenplay by Johnson, Todd Bartels, Lou Howe and Matthew Miller. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

One of them was Tony, a Black List script (an annual list of the most popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood) written by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe that centered on Bourdain’s formative time as a dishwasher and budding cook in Provincetown. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026