Synonyms for movie

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moo-vee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu vi

Top 10 synonyms for movie

Other synonyms for the word movie

Définition of movie

Origin : 1912 (perhaps 1908), shortened form of moving picture in the cinematographic sense (1896). As an adjective from 1913. Movie star attested from 1913. Another early name for it was photoplay.

noun presentation of action on continuous film

Example sentences :

There is always some stray silver in the bead bag of a movie patron.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

I tried to lure my landlady out to a movie, but she thriftily refused.
Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

When Arnold Hatch asked her to go to a movie she shook her head, usually.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

Which was just where, like most movie uncles, he overdid the part.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

Now if this was a movie play we was dopin' out it would be simple.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

"Don't forget the poker fiends and the movie fans," I puts in.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

And to think that I really became a movie actress, after all!
Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays » by Laura Lee Hope

"Told the agent to take the car and give 'em a pass to a movie," Boyd said.
Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The movie satirizes the human being's relation to food and technology.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

And I was to have had a ride this afternoon—and ice cream—and maybe a movie.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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