theater

Other forms of theater

plural

theaters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about theater

What does theater mean?

theater means "a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in theater?

theater has 3 syllables: the-a-ter. The stress falls on "the". In IPA it is /ˈθiətɚ/.

What is another word for theater?

Close synonyms include theatre, house, dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is theater a common word?

theater is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with theater?

1 word rhymes with theater. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.