Synonyms for theatrical
θiˈæ trɪ kəlthe·atri·cal

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1. theatrical

   Synonyms:
   dramatic, scenic, melodramatic, showy, ceremonious, gesticulatory, pompous, meretricious, tinsel

   Antonyms:
   chaste, genuine, simple, unaffected, quiet, subdued, mannerless, plain

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1. theatrical performance, theatrical, representation, histrionicsadjective

   a performance of a play

   Synonyms:
   mental representation, representation, theatrical performance, agency, delegacy, histrionics, internal representation

   Antonyms:
   untheatrical

2. theatricaladjective

   of or relating to the theater

   Antonyms:
   untheatrical

3. theatricaladjective

   suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater

   "a theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in public life"

   Antonyms:
   untheatrical

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1. performative

   over-exaggerated; artificial

   her outburst was merely theatrical.

   Submitted by oddsocksarecool on August 20, 2019  

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1. theatricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   dramatic, scenic, histrionic

2. theatricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   ostentatious, showy, pompous

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1. theatricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   dramatic, histrionic, scenic, stagy, artificial

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1. List of paraphrases for "theatrical":

   theatre, drama, theater, cinematographic, dramatic

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1. Shawn Robbins:

   It's a challenging and sensitive subject to address. It largely depends on the length of theatrical closures in China, so we have to wait and see, will audiences be eager to get out and start seeing movies again once given the all-clear ? Will there be a temporary hesitation ? These are unknown elements that will contribute and unfold over the next weeks and months.

2. Phil Contrino:

   At the end of the day a theatrical release still generates a lot of publicity, it gets a movie reviewed – every person that goes to watch that movie is paying for it.

3. Shawn Robbins:

   Audiences are diverse and complex, and so too is the box office when it's firing on all cylinders, comic book films attract most of the attention, and they certainly are near the center of the industry's financial gravity, but a variety of content aimed at all demographics has always been and will always remain integral to the sustained success of the theatrical experience.

4. Desi Arnaz:

   I couldn’t get my way and have them taken out, but they weren’t accurate, and I thought, ‘That shouldn’t be in there because that never happened. That’s not true.' And it’s not just theatrical license, it just wasn’t true. And the day they shot the scene, the sprinklers went off on the set and destroyed the whole set.

5. Julia Alexander:

   It's a premium service like HBO Max on top of free ad-supported platforms like Pluto TV, on top of licensing shows to other players in the streaming and linear space, and it's in conjunction with theatrical releases -- not a total replacement of it.