acrobats
Big-top contortionists
Acrobats are performers who execute gymnastic feats requiring agility, balance, and coordination—walking tightropes, tumbling, swinging from trapezes.
The word extends to anyone displaying similar physical dexterity: The waiters were acrobats, weaving through the crowded restaurant with loaded trays.
Figuratively, verbal or political acrobats perform impressive feats of maneuvering: rhetorical acrobats who never give a straight answer.
Dangerous performed feats
- riskPossibility of harm
- fearlessLacking any apprehension
- braveryBoldness before danger
- death-defyingRisking life boldly
plunge · leap · boldness · nerve · audacity · thrill · adrenaline · danger
Traveling group of performers
- entertainersThose who amuse others
- actDeed or performance
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
duo · company · aerialists · gymnasts · contortionists · tumblers · flyers · catchers
Ability to adapt easily
- strengthPower to exert force
- agilityQuickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
balance · dexterity · nimbleness · suppleness · muscularity · stamina · fitness · training
Suspended acrobatic bar
- ringmasterCircus performance director
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- highwireElevated taut cable
- stiltsPoles raising walkers higher
Cirque du Soleil · flying trapeze · sawdust · spotlight · sequins · leotards · safety net · rigging
Suspended acrobatic bar
- aerial silkSuspended fabric for acrobatics
- lyraGreek stringed instrument
- hoopRigid circular frame
- ringsCircular bands worn
rope · bar · platform · rigging · harness · net · cradle · straps
State of balance
- tightropeTaut cord for walking
- beamStructural support member
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- stabilityResistance to displacement
center of gravity · steadiness · counterweight · highwire · slackline · wobble · footwork · precision
stunts
Dangerous performed feats
death-defying · plunge · leap · boldness · nerve · audacity · thrill · adrenaline · danger · high-flying
troupe
Traveling group of performers
- entertainersThose who amuse others
- actDeed or performance
- routineRegular sequence of actions
ensemble · duo · company · aerialists · gymnasts · contortionists · tumblers · flyers · catchers · street performers
flexibility
Ability to adapt easily
- strengthPower to exert force
- agilityQuickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
endurance · balance · dexterity · nimbleness · suppleness · muscularity · stamina · fitness · training · discipline
trapeze
Suspended acrobatic bar
- ringmasterCircus performance director
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- highwireElevated taut cable
stilts · Cirque du Soleil · flying trapeze · sawdust · spotlight · sequins · leotards · safety net · rigging · aerial silk
trapeze
Suspended acrobatic bar
- aerial silkSuspended fabric for acrobatics
- lyraGreek stringed instrument
- hoopRigid circular frame
rings · rope · bar · platform · rigging · harness · net · cradle · straps · trampoline
equilibrium
State of balance
stability · center of gravity · steadiness · counterweight · highwire · slackline · wobble · footwork · precision · proprioception
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
poise · choreography · flow · precision · seamless · effortless · lithe · sylphlike · lyrical · expressiveness
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- circus acrobaticstrapeze, trapeze artists, flying trapeze, tightrope, contortionists
- circus actstrapeze artist, juggling, jugglers, clown, tightrope
- entertainerssingers, actor, dancers, actress, musicians
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- ancient pastimeschariot racing, Olympic Games, discus, javelin, boxing
acrobatsstatues
Three-dimensional sculpted likenesses
living statues · mime artists · mimes · mannequins · wax figures
- acrobatic featsSkilled gymnastic performances
- mental acrobaticsConvoluted reasoning to justify
- aerial acrobaticsGymnastic maneuvers in flight
- acrobatic stuntsAthletic aerial maneuvers
- Adobe AcrobatPDF document application
- acrobatic routineChoreographed athletic performance sequence