showbusiness
/ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/noun
showbusiness is a noun meaning “The entertainment industry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-H-O-W-B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does showbusiness mean?
noun
- 1
The entertainment industry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce showbusiness?
- US /ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of showbusiness
- show business
- showbiz
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is showbusiness?
Showbusiness appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate showbusiness?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of showbusiness: showbiz, showbizzery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Showbusiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense entertainment industry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | industrie du spectacle, industrie du divertissement, show business, show-biz, people |
| German | Showbusiness |
| Portuguese | showbusiness, show business, showbiz, show biz, show-biz, showbizz |
| Spanish | show business |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does showbusiness come from?
Compound of show + business.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).