'cinema' definitions:
Definition of 'cinema'
From: WordNet
noun
A medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema, celluloid]
noun
A theater where films are shown [syn: cinema, movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace]
Definition of 'cinema'
From: GCIDE
- cinema \cinema\ n.
- 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
- Syn: the film. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
- Syn: movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. same as motion picture. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] Cinematic
Synonyms of 'cinema'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 3-D,
- animated cartoon,
- art film,
- black-and-white film,
- cartoon,
- chiller,
- cine,
- cinema verite,
- Cinemascope,
- cinematograph,
- Cinerama,
- color film,
- creepie,
- documentary,
- documentary film,
- drive-in,
- educational film,
- feature,
- film,
- flick,
- flicker,
- horror picture,
- horse opera,
- kinematograph,
- motion picture,
- motion-picture show,
- movie,
- movie theater,
- moving picture,
- moving-picture theater,
- newsreel,
- nickelodeon,
- nouvelle vague,
- nudie,
- photodrama,
- photoplay,
- picture,
- picture house,
- picture palace,
- picture show,
- pornographic film,
- preview,
- short,
- show,
- silent,
- silent film,
- skin flick,
- sneak preview,
- spaghetti Western,
- talkie,
- talking picture,
- Technicolor,
- the cinema,
- the movies,
- the pictures,
- the screen,
- the silver screen,
- thriller,
- trailer,
- underground film,
- Western