puppets
Stringed stage performers
Puppets are figures—often resembling humans or animals—manipulated by hand, strings, or rods to create the illusion of independent movement.
A hand puppet fits over the hand like a glove; a marionette hangs from strings.
Figuratively, a puppet is someone controlled by another: a puppet government, He's just a puppet of the regime.
The controller is the puppeteer or puppet master.
Thin flexible lines
- PinocchioLying wooden puppet
- woodenMade from timber
- jointedHaving flexible connections
- GeppettoWoodworker who carved a puppet-boy
suspended · crossbar · tangled · manipulation · rod · carved · articulated · Pelham
Knitted foot covering
- gloveFitted hand covering
- fingerHand's grasping extension
- mouthOral opening
- feltCompressed fiber textile
foam · Judy · Kermit · ventriloquist · dummy · lip-sync · storytelling · interactive
Thin flexible lines
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- masterAuthority or controller
- influencePower to affect others
- figureheadNominal leader, no authority
pawn · proxy · regime · handler · dictator · autonomy · subservient · mouthpiece
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- showMake something apparent
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
curtain · backdrop · scenery · troupe · repertoire · touring · festival · children's
Filled-in outline shape
- screenDisplay or barrier
- backlitLit from behind
- IndonesianSoutheast Asian islander's identity
- ChineseOf that Asian nation
leather · cutout · translucent · lantern · projection · folklore · mythological · articulated
strings
Thin flexible lines
Geppetto · suspended · crossbar · tangled · manipulation · rod · carved · articulated · Pelham · Salzburg
sock
Knitted foot covering
felt · foam · Judy · Kermit · ventriloquist · dummy · lip-sync · storytelling · interactive · expressive
strings
Thin flexible lines
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- masterAuthority or controller
- influencePower to affect others
figurehead · pawn · proxy · regime · handler · dictator · autonomy · subservient · mouthpiece · tool
stage
Raised performance platform
- performanceCarrying out a task
- showMake something apparent
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
booth · curtain · backdrop · scenery · troupe · repertoire · touring · festival · children's · educational
silhouette
Filled-in outline shape
- screenDisplay or barrier
- backlitLit from behind
- IndonesianSoutheast Asian islander's identity
Chinese · leather · cutout · translucent · lantern · projection · folklore · mythological · articulated · rod
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- sculptingShaping material into forms
- papier-mâchéMolded paper-paste sculpture material
foam · fabric · paint · jointing · stringing · molding · felting · gluing · stuffing · wigging
plaything
Object for amusement
stuffed · handmade · children's · gift · collectible · character · movable · fabric · wooden · plastic
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- kids entertainmentcartoons, animated films, picture books, nursery rhymes, dolls
- kids playplaytime, playing, board games, blocks, card games
- toysteddy bear, doll, dolls, stuffed animal, puzzles
- childhood activitiesboard games, cartoons, playgrounds, fairytales, bedtime stories
- toddlerstoddler, three-year-old, toddlerhood, terrible twos, first steps
puppetsfree agents
Athletes available for signing
sovereigns · self-starters · mavericks · rebels · masters
puppetspuppet masters
Controllers of others' actions
kingmakers · power brokers · powers behind the throne · dictators · autocrats
- puppet showPerformance using manipulated figures
- puppet theatrePerformance with hand-controlled figures
- string puppetsFigures manipulated from above
- hand puppetWorn figure you animate
- sock puppetHosiery made theatrical
- finger puppetSmall toy worn on digit
puppet, puppetry, puppeteer, puppeteers, puppet show, puppetlike, puppet master