THEATREGOER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who attends the theater

Synonyms:

playgoer; theatergoer; theatregoer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("theatregoer" is a kind of...):

looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theatregoer"):

first-nighter (someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions)

groundling (in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section)

Holonyms ("theatregoer" is a member of...):

audience (a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance)