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PERFORMING ARTIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

Synonyms:

performer; performing artist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("performing artist" is a kind of...):

entertainer (a person who tries to please or amuse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "performing artist"):

ventriloquist (a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy)

vaudevillian (a performer who works in vaudeville)

strongman (a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus)

ecdysiast; exotic dancer; peeler; stripper; striptease; striptease artist; stripteaser (a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music)

second banana; straight man (a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian)

snake charmer (a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes)

sightreader (a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music))

Savoyard (a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan)

puppeteer (one who operates puppets or marionettes)

instrumentalist; musician; player (someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession))

monologist (an entertainer who performs alone)

minstrel (a performer in a minstrel show)

conjurer; conjuror; illusionist; magician; prestidigitator (someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience)

juggler (a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity)

headliner; star (a performer who receives prominent billing)

geek (a carnival performer who does disgusting acts)

fire walker (someone who walks barefoot on burning coals)

fire-eater; fire-swallower (a performer who pretends to swallow fire)

executant (a performer (usually of musical works))

dancer; professional dancer; terpsichorean (a performer who dances professionally)

cowboy; rodeo rider (a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging)

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)

baton twirler; twirler (someone who twirls a baton)

artiste (a public performer (a dancer or singer))

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Derivation:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

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