theatrical

1. 1.

   of or relating to the theater
2. 2.

   suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater

   “a theatrical pose”

   “one of the most theatrical figures in public life”

   Antonymsuntheatrical

   Similarhistrionicshowystagy

1. 1.

   a performance of a play

   Synonymstheatrical performancerepresentationhistrionics

   Broaderperformance

   Narrowermatinee

Other forms of theatrical

plural

theatricals·

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 theatrical

What does theatrical mean?

theatrical means "of or relating to the theater". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in theatrical?

theatrical has 4 syllables: the-at-ri-cal. The stress falls on "at". In IPA it is /θiˈætɹɪkəl/.

What is another word for theatrical?

Close synonyms include theatrical performance, representation, histrionics. 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.

What is the opposite of theatrical?

The recorded antonyms are untheatrical.

Is theatrical a common word?

theatrical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.