Theatrical(a.) Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
Thesaurus Entries
Roscius, Thespian art, actor, actor-proof, actress, affected, all-star, amateur theatricals, antagonist, artificial, bad guy, ballet, balletic, barnstormer, camp, campy, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, cinematic, cinematographic, diseur, diseuse, dramatic, dramatic art, dramatic form, dramatic irony, dramatic stroke, dramatic structure, dramatical, dramaticism, dramatics, dramatism, dramatizer, dramaturgic, dramaturgy, emotionalistic, emotive, exaggerated, extravagant, fake, FALSE, feeder, film, filmic, foil, forced, grandstand, ham, hammy, heavy, histrio, histrion, histrionic, histrionics, histrionism, hysteric, ingenue, insincere, juvenile, la-di-da, legitimate, maniere, mannered, matinee idol, melodramatic, melodramatics, milked, mime, mimer, mimic, monodramatic, monologist, movie, mummer, nonrational, operatic, ostentatious, overacted, overacting, overdone, overemotional, overplayed, overwrought, pantomime, pantomimist, play construction, playactor, player, pretentious, protean actor, reciter, repertory, scenic, sensational, sensationalism, sensationalistic, showy, soubrette, spectacular, stage, stage performer, stage player, stagelike, stageworthy, staginess, stagy, starstruck, stellar, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, theaterlike, theatric, theatricalism, theatricality, theatricals, theatricism, theatrics, thespian, thrown away, trouper, underacted, underplayed, unnatural, unreasoning, utility man, vaudevillian, villain