stunters

Acrobatic feat specialists

Stunters are people who perform stunts—daring or acrobatic feats, typically for entertainment or show.

The term appears most often in motorcycle and automotive subcultures, where stunters execute tricks like wheelies, stoppies, and burnouts: The stunters took over the parking lot on Sunday.

In circus and film contexts, stunt performers is the more common term.

aviation

airshow

Public flight demonstration

pilots · maneuvers · loops · rolls · spins · formation · biplanes · demonstration · precision · thrill

motorcycle

wheelie

Riding on rear tire

highchair · cage · supermoto · streetfighter · rolling · switch · circles · no-hander · spreader · combo

social-media

viral

Spreading quickly online

reels · influencer · sponsors · hashtag · filming · GoPro · edits · tricks · challenges · collaborations

Opposites
risk-taking behavior

stuntersscaredy-cats

Easily frightened people

chickens · cowards

performance style

stuntersminimalists

Advocates of deliberate simplicity

purists · traditionalists

rule adherence

stuntersconformists

Those obeying social norms

squares · straight arrows · sticklers

Phrases
Family

stunter, stunted

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G