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footlights

NOUN
drama
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comedy farce melodrama play production scene show theater tragedy
STRONG
Broadway boards climax dramatization dramaturgy showmanship stagecraft theatricals vehicle
WEAK
dramatic art histrionic art show business stage show tear-jerker thespian art
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tragedy
WEAK
comedy
NOUN
klieg light
Synonyms
WEAK
arc light carbon-arc lamp floodlight house lights
NOUN
show business
Synonyms
STRONGEST
entertainment industry movie industry show biz
WEAK
Broadway Hollywood TV industry motion picture industry television industry the boards the bright lights the footlights the stage the theater theater theater world
NOUN
stage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arena scene set spotlight theater
STRONG
Broadway boards dais drama frame limelight off-Broadway play scaffold scaffolding scenery setting staging
WEAK
legit mise en scène show biz show business stage set
NOUN
theater
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amphitheater arena auditorium cinema concert hall drama hall house movie movie house opera house playhouse room scene site theatre
STRONG
barn boards coliseum deck drive-in hippodrome locale oak
WEAK
assembly hall odeum show hall
NOUN
theater/theatre
Synonyms
WEAK
amphitheater arena assembly hall auditorium barn boards cinema coliseum concert hall deck drama drive-in hall hippodrome house locale movie movie house oak odeum opera house playhouse room scene show hall site
NOUN
theatre
Synonyms
STRONGEST
theater troupe
STRONG
drama dramatics dramaturgy histrionics
WEAK
histrionism theatrics

Example Sentences

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Elsewhere are 11 bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, a grand salon, library and theater with original footlights and a bar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2022

With heels stomping and her hair waving, she owns the stage to such a degree that you half expect bank lenders to materialize by the footlights to sign over the deed.

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2021

The skill of a news reader does not automatically translate to the transaction that occurs across the footlights.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2020

There were also no emergency lights or footlights.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2020

The footlights of the West End might remain a distant, unfulfilled dream forevermore.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Vocabulary lists containing footlights

Theater - Introductory

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Theater - Middle School

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Theater - High School

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