Thesaurus results for SCREENPLAYS

screenplays

noun

plural of screenplay

as in scripts

the written form of a story prepared for film production each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of screenplays The effort responds to years of training from those models on screenplays without explicit permission, which has sparked questions over the legality of using those scripts without permission. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 The movie is fatally twee, a quality entirely antithetical to Ishiguro’s exquisite writing — that applies both to the Japanese British author’s fiction and his screenplays, like 2022’s English-language Kurosawa remake, Living. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 The High Noon adaptation was written by Eric Roth, who wrote the screenplays for films including Forrest Gump, The Insider, Munich and Dune. — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 There were screenplays being written; Paul [Downs Colaizzo] wrote one of the best scripts for it. — John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The event will highlight some of the screenplays that have been workshopped within the collective and will include panels with the writers and directors of the films. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 McGuane had remunerative dalliances with ’70s Hollywood, selling screenplays and hobnobbing with the inebriate tranche of the A-list. — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 In 2016 Erickson’s Severance pilot made an annual list of best unproduced genre screenplays by BloodList—where other successes such as Bird Box (2018) and Don’t Worry Darling (2022) got their start. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026 The site’s clients can be almost anyone — students and academics looking for help with research papers; business people needing proposals and projects written or edited; and/or writers of books, screenplays and other manuscripts. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenplays

scripts

Noun

Zion also enjoys technology and is especially proud of his skills with coding and creating computer scripts.

— The Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
To be fair, the fault here lies equally with the scripts, which dump information without first creating suspense.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of scripts

Browse Nearby Words

screenplay

screenplays

screens

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Screenplays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenplays. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of screenplays

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

milieu

Popular in Grammar & Usage

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

'Za' and 9 Other Words to Help You Win at SCRABBLE

Popular

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes