/ Thesaurus / F Synonyms of film noir Find synonyms for: Noun1. film noir, movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flickusage: a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: grimace Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language