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theatergoers

NOUN
audience
Synonyms
STRONGEST
congregation crowd gallery gathering market public
STRONG
admirers assemblage assembly devotees fans following hearers house listeners moviegoers onlookers patrons playgoers spectators turnout viewers witnesses
WEAK
showgoers

Example Sentences

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Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Does our current Sophoclean moment mean that the mythic drama of Greece still holds its age-old power for theatergoers?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

In a statement, Johnson said he had "no doubt it will be an absolute blast for theatergoers".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Miller’s plays compel theatergoers to connect the dots not only between the past and the present but also between the political and the personal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

A few dark figures darted along ramshackle storefronts and dilapidated tenements; theatergoers fled down darkened alleys.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older