What is another word for mime?
694 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈa͡ɪm], [ mˈaɪm], [ m_ˈaɪ_m]
Mime is a form of nonverbal communication that involves acting out gestures or actions to convey a message. Synonyms for mime include pantomime, acting without words, gesturing, mimicking, and imitating. Pantomime is the most commonly used synonym for mime, often used in theatrical performances. Acting without words and gesturing are self-explanatory and have similar connotations to mime. Mimicking and imitating both involve copying someone or something else's actions, but can also be used interchangeably with mime in certain contexts. No matter which synonym is used, the essence of mime remains the same: communicating through body language and gestures rather than spoken words.
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Similar words for mime:
- acting (noun)
- actor (noun)
- an imitator (noun)
- clown (noun)
- drama (noun)
- gesture (noun)
- imitation (noun)
- imitator (noun)
- parody (noun)
- person (noun)
- player (noun)
- act (verb)
- dramatize (verb)
- gesture/gesticulate (verb)
- imitate (verb)
- mock (verb)
- parody (verb)
- parrot (verb)
- signalize (verb)
Synonyms for Mime:
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- accompany ,
- arrange ,
- articulation ,
- atmospherics ,
- back ,
- bang out ,
- baton ,
- beat out ,
- blast ,
- blast away .
- Enacting ,
- Theatricals ,
- characterization ,
- characterizations ,
- feigning ,
- hamming ,
- pantomimes ,
- playings ,
- portraying ,
- posturings ,
- seeming ,
- seemings ,
- stagecraft ,
- stooging .
- co median ,
- co medians ,
- co-median ,
- co-medians ,
- hambones ,
- head liner ,
- head liners ,
- head-liner ,
- head-liners ,
- play actors ,
- play-actors ,
- playactors ,
- soubrettes ,
- standin ,
- straight people ,
- straight persons ,
- thesps ,
- under studies ,
- under study ,
- under-studies ,
- under-study ,
- walk on ,
- walk ons ,
- walk-ons ,
- walkon ,
- walkons .
- funnypeople ,
- funnypersons ,
- funsters ,
- gagsters ,
- jokesmiths ,
- life of party ,
- life party ,
- life the party ,
- madcaps ,
- merry andrews ,
- merry-andrews ,
- merryandrew ,
- merryandrews ,
- merrymakers ,
- picadores ,
- pierrots ,
- punchinellos .
- art ,
- ballet ,
- broadway ,
- choreography ,
- comedy ,
- drama ,
- excitement ,
- improvisation ,
- improvisational drama ,
- melodrama ,
- mystery ,
- pageant ,
- panorama ,
- presentation ,
- production ,
- rendering ,
- scene ,
- show ,
- skit ,
- spectacle ,
- suspense ,
- teleplay ,
- theater ,
- tragedy ,
- variety ,
- vaudeville .
- Aperies ,
- Mirroring ,
- Paralleling ,
- apery ,
- duplication ,
- duplications ,
- echoings ,
- matchings ,
- mimesis ,
- phonies ,
- transcription ,
- transcriptions .
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis-representation ,
- mock heroic ,
- mock heroics ,
- mock-heroics ,
- mockheroic ,
- mockheroics ,
- play ons ,
- play-ons ,
- playon ,
- playons ,
- send ups ,
- send-ups ,
- sendups .
- mime .
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• act- Re-present ,
- am on ,
- are on ,
- being on ,
- bring down house ,
- bringing down house ,
- bringing down the house ,
- brings down house ,
- brings down the house ,
- brought down house ,
- brought down the house ,
- did a turn ,
- did turn ,
- didst a turn ,
- didst turn ,
- do turn ,
- does a turn ,
- does turn ,
- doest a turn ,
- doest turn ,
- doeth a turn ,
- doeth turn ,
- doing a turn ,
- doing turn ,
- dost a turn ,
- dost turn ,
- doth a turn ,
- doth turn ,
- is on ,
- laid an egg ,
- laid egg ,
- lay egg ,
- laying an egg ,
- laying egg ,
- lays an egg ,
- lays egg ,
- made debut ,
- makes debut ,
- making debut ,
- played gig ,
- played part ,
- played role ,
- playing gig ,
- playing part ,
- playing role ,
- plays gig ,
- plays part ,
- plays role ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tend ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tends ,
- puts it over ,
- puts over ,
- putting it over ,
- putting over ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presents ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presents ,
- said one piece ,
- said one's piece ,
- said ones piece ,
- said piece ,
- say one piece ,
- say ones piece ,
- say piece ,
- saying one piece ,
- saying one's piece ,
- saying ones piece ,
- saying piece ,
- says one piece ,
- says one's piece ,
- says ones piece ,
- says piece ,
- takes part ,
- tread boards ,
- trod the boards ,
- was on ,
- wast on ,
- were on ,
- wert on .
- acted out ,
- acting out ,
- acts out ,
- panto mimed ,
- panto miming ,
- panto-mimed ,
- panto-miming ,
- use hands ,
- use one hands ,
- use ones hands ,
- used hands ,
- used one hands ,
- used one's hands ,
- used ones hands ,
- used sign language ,
- uses hands ,
- uses one hands ,
- uses one's hands ,
- uses ones hands ,
- uses sign language ,
- using hands ,
- using one hands ,
- using one's hands ,
- using ones hands ,
- using sign language .
- ape ,
- counterfeit ,
- ditto ,
- duplicate ,
- echo ,
- emulate ,
- feign ,
- flatter ,
- impersonate ,
- mirror ,
- parallel ,
- portray ,
- pretend ,
- reflect ,
- repeat ,
- replicate ,
- resemble .
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- did a takeoff of ,
- did takeoff of ,
- didst a takeoff of ,
- didst takeoff of ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- do takeoff of ,
- does a takeoff of ,
- does takeoff of ,
- doest a takeoff of ,
- doest takeoff of ,
- doeth a takeoff of ,
- doeth takeoff of ,
- doing a takeoff of ,
- doing takeoff of ,
- dost a takeoff of ,
- dost takeoff of ,
- doth a takeoff of ,
- doth takeoff of ,
- poking fun at ,
- sheiked ,
- sheiking .
Other synonyms:
- signal .
- action .
Other relevant words:
- Lampooned ,
- Mocked ,
- act ,
- act out ,
- copycatted ,
- copycatting ,
- do a takeoff of ,
- go like ,
- hoke ,
- hokes ,
- imitate ,
- lampoon ,
- laughed at ,
- make fun of ,
- make like ,
- mock ,
- mocking ,
- pantomimed ,
- pantomiming ,
- parody ,
- parrot ,
- play act ,
- playact ,
- poke fun at ,
- poked fun at ,
- pokes fun at ,
- sheik ,
- sheiks ,
- signalize ,
- signalled ,
- use one's hands ,
- use sign language .
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- Personated ,
- Personating ,
- Strutted ,
- Strutting ,
- be on ,
- bring down the house ,
- do a turn ,
- enact ,
- go on ,
- goes on ,
- ham up ,
- hammed ,
- lay an egg ,
- make debut ,
- perform ,
- performs ,
- personate ,
- personates ,
- play gig ,
- play part ,
- play role ,
- play-act ,
- put it over ,
- put over ,
- say one's piece ,
- starred ,
- starring ,
- stooged ,
- take part ,
- taking part ,
- took part ,
- tread the boards .
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Emulated ,
- Imitating ,
- Replicated ,
- act like ,
- be like ,
- dittoed ,
- do like ,
- do likewise ,
- follow in footsteps ,
- look like ,
- looked like ,
- looking like ,
- looks like ,
- model after ,
- modelled after ,
- pattern after ,
- play a part ,
- playing a part ,
- reduplicate ,
- reduplicated ,
- reduplicates ,
- reduplicating ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up ,
- spoofed ,
- spoofing .
- Buffo ,
- Burletta ,
- Comedietta ,
- Dissimulator ,
- Echoer ,
- Emotionalize ,
- Figurante ,
- Hamfatter ,
- Histrio ,
- Histrion ,
- Jack-pudding ,
- Polly ,
- Punchinello ,
- acrobat ,
- act a part ,
- act as ,
- act as foil ,
- act without words ,
- actress ,
- adopt ,
- amusing ,
- antagonist ,
- appear ,
- arlequinade ,
- artists ,
- assume ,
- bad guy ,
- barnstorm ,
- barnstormer ,
- beckon ,
- bit-player ,
- black comedy ,
- boor ,
- broad comedy ,
- buffoon ,
- cameo appearance ,
- camp ,
- character ,
- character actor ,
- character man ,
- character woman ,
- charlatan ,
- child actor ,
- columbine ,
- come out ,
- comedian ,
- comedy ballet ,
- comedy of manners ,
- comedy relief ,
- comic opera ,
- comic relief ,
- comical ,
- conformist ,
- copier ,
- copyist ,
- counterfeiter ,
- cuckoo ,
- dark comedy ,
- dissembler ,
- droll ,
- dumb show ,
- emote ,
- exaggerate ,
- exode ,
- extra ,
- faker ,
- farce ,
- farce comedy ,
- farceur ,
- feeder ,
- foil ,
- follow ,
- fool ,
- forger ,
- funny ,
- gesticulation ,
- gypsy ,
- ham ,
- harlequin ,
- harlequinade ,
- heavy ,
- humorous ,
- hypocrite ,
- idol ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- jester ,
- joke ,
- joker ,
- juvenile ,
- laughable ,
- light comedy ,
- lip-synch ,
- low comedy ,
- ludicrous ,
- masker ,
- masquerade ,
- masquerade as ,
- matinee idol ,
- merry-andrew ,
- method actor ,
- mime artist ,
- mimer ,
- mimes ,
- mimicker ,
- mocking bird ,
- mockingbird ,
- monkey ,
- monologist ,
- motion ,
- motley fool ,
- mountebank ,
- movie star ,
- mummer ,
- mummery ,
- musical ,
- musical comedy ,
- mute ,
- opera buffa ,
- pantaloon ,
- pantomimer ,
- pantomimist ,
- pass for ,
- patter ,
- phony ,
- pirate ,
- plagiarist ,
- play without words ,
- playactor ,
- player ,
- poll parrot ,
- pose as ,
- poseur ,
- pretend to be ,
- pulcinella ,
- punch ,
- reciter ,
- reenact ,
- register ,
- represent ,
- reproduce ,
- ridiculous ,
- romantic comedy ,
- satyr play ,
- say ,
- scaramouch ,
- sentimental comedy ,
- sheep ,
- shrug ,
- sign ,
- simulator ,
- situation comedy ,
- sketch ,
- slapstick ,
- slapstick comedy ,
- smartass ,
- soubrette ,
- stage player ,
- stager ,
- star ,
- steal the show ,
- stooge ,
- straight man ,
- stroller ,
- super ,
- supernumerary ,
- superstar ,
- supporting actor ,
- take off ,
- theatrical ,
- thespian ,
- tragedian ,
- tragedienne ,
- tragicomedy ,
- troupe ,
- trouper ,
- tumbler ,
- upstage ,
- utility man ,
- villain ,
- wise guy ,
- wiseacre .
- APERS ,
- Kinesics ,
- acting ,
- aper ,
- barnstormers ,
- caricaturist ,
- caricaturists ,
- comedienne ,
- comediennes ,
- copycat ,
- cutup ,
- drolls ,
- fools ,
- funnyperson ,
- funster ,
- gagman ,
- gagmen ,
- gagster ,
- hambone ,
- headliner ,
- headliners ,
- impressionist ,
- impressionists ,
- jokesmith ,
- lead ,
- life of the party ,
- magician ,
- merry andrew ,
- merrymaker ,
- mimic ,
- mock-heroic ,
- mummers ,
- pantomime ,
- pantomimists ,
- parodist ,
- parodists ,
- performing ,
- picador ,
- picadors ,
- pierrot ,
- play actor ,
- play on ,
- play-actor ,
- play-on ,
- playacting ,
- playing ,
- pretending ,
- ribalds ,
- role player ,
- scene stealer ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- shrugs ,
- singers ,
- stand in ,
- straight person ,
- thesp ,
- troupers ,
- ventriloquist ,
- ventriloquists ,
- walk-on ,
- wisecracker ,
- wisecrackers ,
- zany .
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How to use "Mime" in context?
One of the oldest and most ancient forms of entertainment is the performance of mime. From peace-sign Mime to the hilarious slapstick of Mime with aSign, mime has been around for centuries and centuries. It is not only a form of entertainment, but a form of art as well.
Mime is an interpretation of the human form through motion and gestures. Although the origins of mime are obscure, it likely emerged in ancient Greece and Rome. It was most likely used as a form of communication between the performers and the public.
Homophones for Mime:
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