cineplex

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/ˈsɪnəplɛks/

noun

A cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms).

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Meanings

nouncineplex (plural cineplexes)

plural cineplexes

  1. USA cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms).

    Maybe twice a month they go to a movie at a cineplex in a giant mall over on Palmetto Palm Boulevard two miles away

    1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

    Synonyms: multiplex, cinema complex, cinema multiplex

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA cinema having multiple theatres (showing rooms).

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multiplexcinema complexcinema multiplex

Origin

Blend of cinema + complex or from cine- + -plex

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APA

cineplex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cineplex

MLA

“cineplex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cineplex. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cineplex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cineplex.

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