theme park

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of theme park

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60

Example Sentences

He pictures the theme park as the culmination of these ventures: a home base for his ideas and a haven of family experiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Domestic theme park attendance fell 1% last quarter, though global attendance including international theme parks and cruise ships rose 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

It was a theme park experiment to see how much Disneyland attendees would lean in and role play.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Nispel raised his estimate for Disney’s domestic experiences revenue growth for the fiscal second quarter to 6.3%, and cut his estimate for Comcast’s first-quarter theme park revenue growth to 20.4%.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

The day Dad told me he wanted to apply for a job as a theme park manager in Arizona, I thought it was quite possible aliens had taken over his brain—either aliens or the government.

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

Related Words

• amusement park