mime
Wordless theatrical artist
A mime is a performer who acts out scenes using only gestures and body movements, without speaking.
The art form itself is also called mime.
To mime is to perform in this silent, gestural way, or more broadly to move your lips without producing sound: She mimed along to the song.
In computing, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) standardizes how email attachments and web content are formatted, but in everyday use this appears lowercase in terms like mime type. (All-caps MIME is the technical acronym.)
Theatrical pale makeup
- greasepaintWaxy theatrical cosmetic
- beretFlat wool cap
- suspendersShoulder straps for trousers
- white glovesPale formal handwear
ballet slippers · red scarf · bowler hat · face paint · theatrical makeup · mask · monochrome · leotard
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- street performerPublic entertainer seeking tips
- Mr. BeanSlapstick television character
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- troupeTraveling group of performers
Charlie Chaplin · Buster Keaton · vaudevillian · one-man show · thespian · clown · Pierrot · Harlequin
Wordless guessing game
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- mummeryInsincere theatrical performance
- nonverbalNot using speech
- wordlessLacking spoken content
exaggeration · illusion · slow motion · freeze · physical comedy · transformation · movement · bodywork
Lacking spoken content
- muteWithout voice or sound
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- speechlessUnable to talk
- voicelessHaving no voice
unspoken · hushed · quiet · noiseless · inaudible · nonverbal communication · visual storytelling · tacit
Emotive muscle positioning
- poutSulky facial expression
- gaspSudden sharp breath
- shrugShoulder gesture of uncertainty
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
waving · beckoning · recoil · tiptoe · lean · reach · grasp · push
whiteface
Theatrical pale makeup
- greasepaintWaxy theatrical cosmetic
- beretFlat wool cap
- suspendersShoulder straps for trousers
white gloves · ballet slippers · red scarf · bowler hat · face paint · theatrical makeup · mask · monochrome · leotard
busker
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- street performerPublic entertainer seeking tips
- Mr. BeanSlapstick television character
- entertainerOne who amuses others
Charlie Chaplin · Buster Keaton · troupe · vaudevillian · one-man show · thespian · clown · Pierrot · Harlequin · whiteface
charades
Wordless guessing game
wordless · exaggeration · illusion · slow motion · freeze · physical comedy · transformation · movement · bodywork
wordless
Lacking spoken content
- muteWithout voice or sound
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- speechlessUnable to talk
voiceless · unspoken · hushed · quiet · noiseless · inaudible · nonverbal communication · visual storytelling · tacit · gestural
facial expression
Emotive muscle positioning
pointing · waving · beckoning · recoil · tiptoe · lean · reach · grasp · push · pull
impersonate
Assume another's identity
represent · simulate · embody · characterize · suggest · evoke · convey · express · indicate · demonstrate
file type
Digital document category
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- folk entertainmentfolk dancing, folk theater, busking, street performance, street theater
- French EntertainmentFrench cinema, French theater, French music, French ballet, cabaret
- French Wordsbaguette, femme, croissant, enfant, champagne
- live actsmagic show, comedy act, circus act, variety act, solo act
- Mimeinvisible wall, walking against wind, whiteface, striped shirt, white gloves
mimeexplicator
One who clarifies meaning
verbalizer · articulator · narrator · commentator · expositor
- mime artistsPerformers using gesture only
- Batesian mimicryHarmless copying harmful appearance
- voice mimicryCopying another's speech
- Müllerian mimicryToxic species resembling each other
- vocal mimicryCopying voices or sounds
- insect mimicryResembling other species defensively
mimic, mimicry, mimicking, pantomime, mimes, mimicked, miming, mimed, mimeograph