as in performer
an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements an exquisitely graceful pantomimist

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Recent Examples of pantomimist The hat will be put to good use this weekend when Hager pays tribute to Red Skelton, the late pantomimist and radio and television comedian. San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019 Image Reo King Sanshiro, a pantomimist, was standing outside a Chinese restaurant on a busy street in Kumamoto City. New York Times, 21 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantomimist
Noun
  • It must be said, however, that the performance sensibility is somewhere between English pantomime and a Nickelodeon sitcom.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Crossroads pantomimes has a huge warehouse where sets are built.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Entertainers such as jugglers, stilt walkers, trick ropers, aerialists and mimes are all set to perform in the plaza.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
  • There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Pantomimist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pantomimist. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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