an informal word for film - (as modifier): movie ticket
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mov•ie /ˈmuvi/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Show Businessmotion picture:They stayed up to watch a late-night movie.
- Show BusinessUsually, the movies. [plural] a motion-picture theater:We went to the movies last night.
- Show Business the movies, [plural] the business of making motion pictures;
the motion-picture industry:a producer who made his fortune in the movies.
mov•ie
(mo̅o̅′vē),USA pronunciation n.
- Show BusinessSee motion picture.
- Show Businessmotion-picture theater (often prec. by the):The movie is next-door to the hardware store.
- Show Businessmovies:
- motion pictures, as an industry (usually prec. by the):The movies have had to raise prices.
- motion pictures, as a genre of art or entertainment:gangster movies.
- the exhibition of a motion picture:an evening at the movies.
- mov(ing picture) + -ie 1905–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
movie /ˈmuːvɪ/ n
'movie' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
B-movie
- buddy movie
- movieoke
- porn
- road movie
- slasher movie
- snuff movie
- splatter movie
- take in
- TVM
- ado
- AMC
- background music
- bedroom
- biggie
- billboard
- bitter end
- black hat
- blood-and-guts
- blood and thunder
- board
- body double
- B-picture
- brand
- breakout
- bubbly
- buildup
- by
- cameraman
- cameraperson
- camerawoman
- can
- capture
- catchy
- cheapie
- cheesy
- civilian
- cofeature
- comedy
- concession
- confiscate
- creep
- cult
- cutdown
- cute
- decoupage
- delicate
- Depression glass
- dilly
- disappointing