pantomime
pantomime is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist. [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone. Tylor.
- 2.A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.
- 3.A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
- 4.Representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- betacism
- bilingual
- chrestomathy
- comparative
- confusion
- current
- dead
- dialect
- dialectic
- express
- genius
- glossology
- glottology
- govern
- grammar
- household
- language
- lexicology
- lingo
- lingual
- linguistic
- linguistics
- literary
- literature
- mother
- native
- nunnation
- onomatopoeia
- paleography
- paleology
- pasigraphy
- philology
- phraseology
- polite
- polyglot
- republic
- scholar
- scholarship
- speech
- the
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pantomime.
- What is one who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist. [He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone. Tylor called?
- What is a dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally called?
- What is a dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features called?
- What is representing only in mute actions; pantomimic; as, a pantomime dance called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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