pantomiming
Acting without words
Pantomiming is acting out something through gesture and movement without speaking—the silent communication of mime.
Someone pantomimes a phone call by holding their hand to their ear, or pantomimes drinking by tilting an imaginary cup.
The word applies both to theatrical mime performance and everyday silent gesturing: She was pantomiming something through the window, but I couldn't make it out.
Wordless guessing game
- gesticulationExpressive bodily movement
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- motioningSignaling through movement
- indicatingShowing or pointing to
pointing · waving · nodding · shrugging · beckoning · nonverbal · communication · cueing
Wordless guessing game
- actingTemporarily holding position
- skitBrief comic performance
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- roleplayAdopt another's perspective
playacting · reenactment · portrayal · depiction · storytelling · audition · monologue · troupe
Lacking spoken content
- soundlessProducing no audible noise
- muteWithout voice or sound
- voicelessHaving no voice
- unspokenNot verbally expressed
speechless · nonverbal · inaudible · hushed · quiet · gestural · noiseless · expressive
Expressing theatrically
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
vividness · facial · gesticulation · overacting · mugging · hamming · broad · theatrical
Adaptive resemblance to another
- impersonationPretending to be another
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
copycat · aping · mirroring · spoofing · exaggeration · satire · send-up · lampooning
charades
Wordless guessing game
- gesticulationExpressive bodily movement
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- motioningSignaling through movement
indicating · pointing · waving · nodding · shrugging · beckoning · nonverbal · communication · cueing · conveying
charades
Wordless guessing game
- actingTemporarily holding position
- skitBrief comic performance
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
roleplay · playacting · reenactment · portrayal · depiction · storytelling · audition · monologue · troupe · comedy
wordless
Lacking spoken content
unspoken · speechless · nonverbal · inaudible · hushed · quiet · gestural · noiseless · expressive · communicative
emoting
Expressing theatrically
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
expressiveness · vividness · facial · gesticulation · overacting · mugging · hamming · broad · theatrical · physicality
mimicry
Adaptive resemblance to another
- impersonationPretending to be another
- parodySatirical imitation
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
mockery · copycat · aping · mirroring · spoofing · exaggeration · satire · send-up · lampooning · impression
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
pantomimingspeaking
Oral expression of language
talking · verbalizing · vocalizing · narrating · articulating
pantomimingspelling out
Stating something explicitly
explaining · declaring · describing · elaborating · detailing
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