Usually means: Dramatic presentation intended for performance.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word theatrical:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. theatrical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. theatrical: Merriam-Webster
  3. theatrical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. theatrical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. theatrical: Collins English Dictionary
  6. theatrical: Vocabulary.com
  7. Theatrical, theatrical: Wordnik
  8. theatrical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. theatrical: Wiktionary
  10. theatrical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. theatrical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. theatrical: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. theatrical: Dictionary.com
  14. theatrical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Theatrical (horse), Theatrical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Theatrical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. theatrical: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. theatrical: Rhymezone
  19. theatrical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. theatrical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. theatrical: FreeDictionary.org
  22. theatrical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. theatrical: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. theatrical: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. theatrical: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Theatrical: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See theatricalism as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to the theatre.
▸ adjective:  Fake and exaggerated.
▸ noun:  A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
▸ noun:  A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
▸ noun:  A person who works in theatre.

Similar:
stagy, histrionic, melodramatic, showy, theatrical performance, theatric, theat., theaterical, dramatical, thespian, more...

Opposite:
understated, plain, simple, realistic, natural

Types:
improv, musical, comedy, drama, tragedy, farce, more...

Phrases:
theatrical performance, theatrical production, theatrical company, Theatrical producer, theatrical film, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, amateur, private, non, lower, bloody, highly, formal, ridiculous, poor

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Similar:
stagy, histrionic, melodramatic, showy, theatrical performance, theatric, theat., theaterical, dramatical, thespian, more...

Opposite:
understated, plain, simple, realistic, natural

Types:
improv, musical, comedy, drama, tragedy, farce, more...

Phrases:
theatrical performance, theatrical production, theatrical company, Theatrical producer, theatrical film, theatrical agent, theatrical season, theatrical producers, theatrical lighting, theatrical agents, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, amateur, private, non, lower, bloody, highly, formal, ridiculous, poor

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     gold,     royal blue,     emerald, more...



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