Cinema and Entertainment

Cinema

Cinema noun - The art or business of making a movie.

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Entertainment and cinema are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Entertainment" instead a noun "Cinema".

Nearby Words: cine, cinematic, cinemascope

Entertainment noun - The act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public.

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Cinema and entertainment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cinema" instead a noun "Entertainment".

good	good cinema	good entertainment
popular	popular cinema	popular entertainment
real	real cinema	real entertainment
big	big cinema	big entertainment
Other adjectives: great, serious, alternative, fictional, classic, modern, escapist, digital, mainstream.

Most of his films are pastiches of other films and genres, and often feature cinema or the entertainment industry itself as a recurring subject.

Source: Signature Style / Film
In "The Republic of SHKID", two students attempt to create a toy cinema (or, rather, a slide show) for entertainment.

Source: Sex Sells
It was an extremely influential genre that demonstrated cinema could be an art form, and not just entertainment.

Source: German Expressionism

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Entertainment and Cinema. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cinema/entertainment

Cinema & Entertainment. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cinema/entertainment>.

Entertainment or Cinema. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cinema/entertainment.

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