performer
Noun
-
An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience (synset 110435383)
is a type of: entertainer - a person who tries to please or amusesubtypes:
- actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian - a theatrical performer
- artiste - a public performer (a dancer or singer)
- baton twirler, twirler - someone who twirls a baton
- comedian, comic - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
- cowboy, rodeo rider - a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
- dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean - a performer who dances professionally
- executant - a performer (usually of musical works)
- fire-eater, fire-swallower - a performer who pretends to swallow fire
- fire walker - someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
- geek - a carnival performer who does disgusting acts
- headliner, star - a performer who receives prominent billing
- juggler - a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
- conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator - someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show
- monologist - an entertainer who performs alone
- instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
- puppeteer - one who operates puppets or marionettes
- savoyard - a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- sightreader - a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music)
- snake charmer - a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes
- second banana, straight man - a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian
- ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser - a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
- strongman - a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus
- vaudevillian - a performer who works in vaudeville
- ventriloquist - a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
same as: performing artist
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing