Synonyms of film

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noun

ˈfilm 

1

as in movie

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

watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center

Synonyms & Similar Words

• movie
• documentary
• flick
• motion picture
• moving picture
• feature
• picture
• flicker
• cartoon
• docudrama
• short
• animated cartoon
• talkie
• short subject
• featurette
• B movie
• silent
• B picture
• cofeature

2

as in filmmaking

the art or business of making a movie

learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film

Synonyms & Similar Words

• movie
• filmmaking
• cinema
• pictures
• Hollywood
• screen
• silver screen
• Bollywood
• moviemaking
• big screen
• filmdom
• filmland
• showbiz
• show business

film

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verb

as in to videotape

Synonyms & Similar Words

• videotape
• image
• photograph
• picture
• photo
• retake
• rephotograph
• shoot
• snap
• mug

Examples of film in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

According to Page Six, Affleck was busy looking surprisingly chipper in Los Angeles during the film’s debut at TIFF. —Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 7 Sep. 2024

Want to stay up to date on IndieWire’s film reviews and critical thoughts? —Katie Rife, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024

Verb

Landman, which was filmed in and around Fort Worth, is set to premiere on Paramount+ November 17, 2024. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024

Fiercely independent Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing spent five years filming young workers in Zhili, an industrial region near Shanghai where around 18,000 garment workshops churn out cheap clothes for the domestic market. —Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024