What is another word for mimes?

Pronunciation: [mˈa͡ɪmz] (IPA)

Mimes are performers who use facial expressions, gestures, and body language to tell stories and entertain audiences. They can also be referred to as pantomimes, mimics, or mimi. Pantomimes and mimi have a similar meaning to mimes, while mimics may refer to individuals who imitate the gestures and actions of others in a humorous or mocking way. Other related words include puppeteers, who manipulate puppets to tell stories, and clowns, who use physical comedy and humor to entertain. Regardless of the term used, mimes are skilled performers who rely on their nonverbal talents to captivate their audience.

What are the hypernyms for Mimes?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Mimes

An orchestra mimes as Mozart disappears....
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
The actors of mimes ridiculing Jupiter's gallant adventures did not believe in their reality any more than the author of Faust believed in the compact with Mephistopheles.
"The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism"
Franz Cumont
His volume of plays, all in free rhythmical verse, is Plays for Poem-mimes.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma

Famous quotes with Mimes

  • When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be.
    Jimmy Fallon
  • If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?
    Steven Wright
  • If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer
    Steven Wright
  • one of the poems, was translated into French as early as 1762 while the collected works followed suit in 1777. Diderot loved them. Voltaire parodied them. Ossianic plays, operas, and mimes were written. They influenced or attracted Mme. de Staël, Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Alfred de Vigny, Victor Hugo, and Alfred de Musset. Napoleon became a fervent admirer after he had read the poems in the Italian translation by Cesarotti.
    James Macpherson

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