Synonyms for
Film
Definition
A thin layer of material used to capture images or record sounds.
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- watch a film
- make a film
- film industry
- film director
- film festival
- short film
- feature film
- documentary film
Word family
Usage note
While 'film' can refer to the physical celluloid strip, it is more commonly used today to mean a motion picture or movie. 'Movie' is generally more informal than 'film'.
Example sentences
- I love watching films with my friends.
- We are going to the cinema to see a new film.
- My dad likes to take old film photos.
- We watched a documentary film about animals in the wild.
- My mom and I made a home movie with our camera.
Quotes
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
The cinema substitutes for our gaze a world more in harmony with our desires.
Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche.