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mime

noun

1 mime

An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.

synonyms: mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist.

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, ... show more

Roget 844: humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, ... show more

Roget 19: imitation; copying etc. v.; transcription; repetition, duplication, reduplication; quotation; reproduction; mimeograph, xerox, facsimile; ... show more

Dutch: toneelspeler, pantomimespeler
Polish: mim, mimik, pantomimista

2 mime

A performance using gestures and body movements without words.

synonyms: dumb show, pantomime.

Dutch: gebarenkunst, mimiek
Polish: mim, mimodram, pantomima

verb

1 mime

Imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect.

synonym: mimic.

2 mime

Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only:
— The acting students mimed eating an apple.

synonym: pantomime.


Moby thesaurus: Roscius, Thalia, act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out, actor, actress, antagonist, ape, appear, arlequinade, bad guy, barnstorm, barnstormer, beckon, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque ... show more.

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