mimer
Acts without speaking
A mimer is one who mimes—performing without words through gesture and movement.
The term is less common than mime itself, which serves as both the art form and its practitioner: The mimer captivated the crowd with her invisible box routine.
Mimer appears occasionally in technical or literary contexts where distinguishing performer from performance matters.
Wordless guessing game
- gesticulateCommunicate through body movements
- dumbshowSilent dramatic performance
- gesturesExpressive body movements
- nonverbalNot using speech
movement · expression · exaggeration · tableau · clowning · mugging
One who mimics another
- impersonatorOne who copies others
- parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird
- apeTailless higher primate
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
mimicry · caricature · send-up · lampoon · spoof · satire · impression · emulation
charades
Wordless guessing game
- gesticulateCommunicate through body movements
- dumbshowSilent dramatic performance
- gesturesExpressive body movements
nonverbal · movement · expression · exaggeration · tableau · clowning · mugging
copycat
One who mimics another
- impersonatorOne who copies others
- parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird
- apeTailless higher primate
mockery · mimicry · caricature · send-up · lampoon · spoof · satire · impression · emulation · parody
entertainer
One who amuses others
- buskerPublic-space entertainer seeking donations
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- harlequinMasked comic servant character
vaudevillian · showman · artist · trouper · cabaret · circus · improv · Chaplin · Keaton
mimertalking head
Televised commentator, closely framed
stand-up comedian · reader · audiobook narrator · radio host
- mime artistsPerformers using gesture only
- mime actWordless gestural performance
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