Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
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Roget 599:
the drama,
the stage,
the theater,
the play;
film the film,
movies,
motion pictures,
cinema,
cinematography;
theatricals,
dramaturgy,
histrionic art,
buskin,
sock,
cothurnus†,
Melpomene and Thalia,
Thespis.
play,
drama,
stage play,
piece [Fr.],
five-act play,
tragedy,
comedy,
opera,
vaudeville,
comedietta†,
lever de rideau [Fr.],
interlude,
afterpiece†,
exode†,
farce,
divertissement,
extravaganza,
burletta†,
harlequinade†,
pantomime,
burlesque,
opera bouffe [Fr.],
ballet,
spectacle,
masque,
drame comedie drame [Fr.];
melodrama,
melodrame†;
comidie larmoyante [Fr.],
sensation drama;
tragicomedy,
farcical-comedy;
monodrame monologue;
duologue trilogy†;
charade,
proverbs;
mystery,
miracle play;
musical,
musical comedy.
[movies]
western,
horse opera;
flick [Coll.];
spy film,
love story,
adventure film,
documentary,
nature film;
pornographic film,
smoker,
skin flick,
X-rated film.
act,
scene,
tableau;
induction,
introduction;
prologue,
epilogue;
libretto.
performance,
representation,
mise en scene [Fr.],
stagery†,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
acting;
gesture
etc.
550;
impersonation
etc.
554;
stage business,
gag,
buffoonery.
light comedy,
genteel comedy,
low comedy.
theater;
playhouse,
opera house;
house;
music hall;
amphitheater,
circus,
hippodrome,
theater in the round;
puppet show,
fantoccini†;
marionettes,
Punch and Judy.
auditory,
auditorium,
front of the house,
stalls,
boxes,
pit,
gallery,
parquet;
greenroom,
coulisses [Fr.].
flat;
drop,
drop scene;
wing,
screen,
side scene;
transformation scene,
curtain,
act drop;
proscenium.
stage,
scene,
scenery,
the boards;
trap,
mezzanine floor;
flies;
floats,
footlights;
offstage;
orchestra.
theatrical costume,
theatrical properties.
movie studio,
back lot,
on location.
part,
role,
character,
dramatis personae [Lat.];
repertoire.
actor,
thespian,
player;
method actor;
stage player,
strolling player;
stager,
performer;
mime,
mimer†;
artists;
comedian,
tragedian;
tragedienne,
Roscius;
star,
movie star,
star of stage and screen,
superstar,
idol,
sex symbol;
supporting actor,
supporting cast;
ham,
hamfatter [Slang];
masker†.
pantomimist,
clown harlequin,
buffo†,
buffoon,
farceur,
grimacer,
pantaloon,
columbine;
punchinello†;
pulcinello†,
pulcinella†;
extra,
bit-player,
walk-on role,
cameo appearance;
mute,
figurante†,
general utility;
super,
supernumerary.
company;
first tragedian,
prima donna [Sp.],
protagonist;
jeune premier [Fr.];
debutant,
debutante [Fr.];
light comedian,
genteel comedian,
low comedian;
walking gentleman,
amoroso†,
heavy father,
ingenue [Fr.],
jeune veuve [Fr.].
mummer,
guiser†,
guisard†,
gysart†,
masque.
mountebank,
Jack Pudding;
tumbler,
posture master,
acrobat;
contortionist;
ballet dancer,
ballet girl;
chorus singer;
coryphee danseuse [Fr.].
property man,
costumier,
machinist;
prompter,
call boy;
manager;
director,
stage manager,
acting manager.
producer,
entrepreneur,
impresario;
backer,
investor,
angel [Fig.].
dramatic author,
dramatic writer;
play writer,
playwright;
dramatist,
mimographer†.
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Roget 875:
nobility,
rank,
condition,
distinction,
optimacy†,
blood,
pur sang [Fr.],
birth,
high descent,
order;
quality,
gentility;
blue blood of Castile;
ancien regime [Fr.].
high life,
haute monde [Fr.];
upper classes,
upper ten thousand;
the four hundred [U.S.];
elite,
aristocracy,
great folks;
fashionable world
etc.
(fashion)
852.
peer,
peerage;
house of lords,
house of peers;
lords,
lords temporal and spiritual;
noblesse;
noble,
nobleman;
lord,
lordling†;
grandee,
magnifico [Lat.],
hidalgo;
daimio [Jap.],
daimyo [Jap.],
samurai [Jap.],
shizoku [Jap.];
don,
donship†;
aristocrat,
swell,
three-tailed bashaw†;
gentleman,
squire,
squireen†,
patrician,
laureate.
gentry,
gentlefolk;
squirarchy [Slang],
better sort magnates,
primates,
optimates†;
pantisocracy†.
king
etc.
(master)
745;
atheling†;
prince,
duke;
marquis,
marquisate†;
earl,
viscount,
baron,
thane,
banneret†;
baronet,
baronetcy†;
knight,
knighthood;
count,
armiger†,
laird;
signior†,
seignior;
esquire,
boyar,
margrave,
vavasour†;
emir,
ameer†,
scherif†,
sharif,
effendi,
wali;
sahib;
chevalier,
maharaja,
nawab,
palsgrave†,
pasha,
rajah,
waldgrave†.
princess,
begum†,
duchess,
marchioness;
countess
&c.;
lady,
dame;
memsahib;
Do$a,
maharani,
rani.
personage of distinction,
man of distinction,
personage of rank,
man of rank,
personage of mark,
man of mark;
notables,
notabilities;
celebrity,
bigwig,
magnate,
great man,
star,
superstar;
big bug;
big gun,
great gun;
gilded rooster [U.S.];
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan];
every inch a king"
[Lear].
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Dutch: superster, specialist, deskundige, aas, bollebof, bolleboos, coryfee, crack, duivelskunstenaar, expert, genie, grootmeester, hoogvlieger, kanjer, kei, knapperd, kraan, licht, meester, meesterbrein, meesteres, raspaardje, topper, uitblinker, vedette, virtuoos ... show more
Polish: wymiatacz