theme park

American  

noun

• theme parks
  plural

1. an amusement park in which landscaping, buildings, and attractions are based on one or more specific themes, as jungle wildlife, fairy tales, or the Old West.

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theme park British  

noun

1. an area planned as a leisure attraction, in which all the displays, buildings, activities, etc, are based on or relate to one particular subject

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• theme parks
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of theme park

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60

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Example Sentences

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theme park

Quest Park has proposed building a data centre on the site of a quarry pit next to the planned Universal theme park in Bedfordshire.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Around 4:30 p.m. local time, park employees hustled them out of the theme park and told them it was closed, she said, but they didn’t explain why.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

When I heard about the death of Jim Bakker, the scandalous televangelist who fleeced his flock in the 1980s, I recalled going “undercover” as a college newspaper reporter to visit Bakker’s theme park, Heritage USA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Joining the project to do just that are some of the brightest minds in the theme park and amusement industry, and they’re doing so without pay and on their own time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

I’m sure a lot of people think it would be cool to live inside a theme park.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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