What is another word for matinee?

Pronunciation: [mˈatənˌe͡ɪ] (IPA)

Matinee is a term that is used to describe a performance that takes place in the afternoon. It is commonly used in the world of theatre and cinema to refer to an early showing of a movie or play. However, there are several other words that can be used instead of matinee to describe an afternoon performance. These include "afternoon showing", "daytime performance", "midday screening", "lunchtime theatre" and "early bird performance". All of these words can be used interchangeably with matinee, depending on the context and the preference of the speaker.

What are the hypernyms for Matinee?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Matinee?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the opposite words for matinee?

Matinee refers to a daytime movie or theatre performance. A few of its antonyms include premier, evening, night-time, closing, and final performance. A premier refers to the first showing of a movie or play before it is released publicly. Evening indicates the time when most people go out for entertainment. Night-time refers to the period when it is fully dark outside. A closing performance is the last show before the curtains close. Finally, the word final performance refers to the last time a show will be presented to an audience. These antonyms can indicate different time periods and scheduling for movies and theatre performances.

What are the antonyms for Matinee?

  • n.

    daytime performance

Usage examples for Matinee

As he grew older he delighted especially in music, and spent many hours at the house of Baron Zois, where many of the distinguished European musicians were to be found and where famous matinee concerts were given every Sunday from twelve to two.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Macklin, matinee favorite and really great actor, fell heels over head in love with her.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
A lady can give a matinee or a soiree in a small house with very little expenditure of money; and if she has the inspiration of the model entertainer, every one whom she honors with an invitation will flock to her small and unpretending menage.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

Famous quotes with Matinee

  • The matinee audiences are different because they're mostly kids, a great percentage kids. So they respond to everything differently, but I understand what they do respond to.
    Rue McClanahan
  • If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.
    Robert Moses
  • Here is how my father appeared to me as a boy. He came from a race of giants and demi-gods from a mythical land known as Chicago. He married the most beautiful girl ever to come crawling out of the poor and lowborn south, and there were times when I thought we were being raised by Zeus and Athena. After Happy Hour my father would drive his car home at a hundred miles an hour to see his wife and seven children. He would get out of his car, a strapping flight jacketed matinee idol, and walk toward his house, his knuckles dragging along the ground, his shoes stepping on and killing small animals in his slouching amble toward the home place. My sister, Carol, stationed at the door, would call out, "Godzilla's home!" and we seven children would scamper toward the door to watch his entry. The door would be flung open and the strongest Marine aviator on earth would shout, "Stand by for a fighter pilot!" He would then line his seven kids up against the wall and say, "Who's the greatest of them all?" "You are, O Great Santini, you are." "Who knows all, sees all, and hears all?" "You do, O Great Santini, you do." We were not in the middle of a normal childhood, yet none of us were sure since it was the only childhood we would ever have. For all we knew other men were coming home and shouting to their families, "Stand by for a pharmacist," or "Stand by for a chiropractor".
    Pat Conroy

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