theater — OAT

theater

noun

1 there's a good play on at the theater:

playhouse, auditorium, amphitheater, hippodrome, coliseum.

2 (the theater) what made you want to go into the theater?:

acting, performing;

drama, the dramatic arts, dramaturgy, the thespian art, stagecraft, theatricals, theatrics;

show business, the stage;

informal the boards, show biz;

rare thespianism, histrionics.

3 the lecture theater:

hall, room, auditorium.

4 over 200,000 American personnel were in the theater of war by October:

scene, arena, field/sphere/place of action;

setting, site.