cartwheeler

Spinning hands-feet acrobat

A cartwheeler is someone who performs cartwheels—the gymnastic move where a person turns sideways with arms and legs extended like wheel spokes.

The term applies both to children playing in the yard and to trained gymnasts or acrobats.

It can also describe someone known for cartwheeling habitually or enthusiastically: She was always the cartwheeler of the group, flipping across any open stretch of grass.

acrobat

tumbler

Flat-bottomed drinking vessel

  • gymnastBalance and flexibility athlete
  • performerOne who entertains audiences
  • circusTraveling entertainment with performers

somersault · handstand · flip · aerialist · contortionist · trapeze · leotard · stunt · entertainer · vaudeville

playful

frolic

Lighthearted playful movement

  • rompPlayful, spirited activity
  • caperPrank or pickled bud
  • anticsAbsurd, attention-seeking behavior

exuberant · carefree · spontaneous · joyful · lively · spirited · childlike · gleeful · energetic · uninhibited

movement

spinning

Revolving around an axis

rolling · sideways · momentum · revolution · arc · inverted · lateral · continuous · sequential · circular

balance

equilibrium

State of balance

agility · grace · control · alignment · posture · centering · symmetry · counterbalance · steadiness · precision

dizzy

vertigo

Sensation of spinning

giddy · woozy · reeling · staggering · queasy · faint · blurry · breathless · recovering

Opposites
rotational plane/direction

cartwheelersomersaulter

One who flips over

tumbler · gymnast

movement vs. stillness

cartwheelerstatue

Three-dimensional sculpted likeness

stander · sitter · standstill

Phrases
Family

cartwheel, cartwheels, cartwheeled, cartwheeling, cartwheelers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G