mime

Speech parts

1. mime - Noun

2. mime - Verb

3. Mime - Proper noun

Meaning

A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner.

An actor in such representations.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mimic pantomime pantomimist represent copy simulate portray gesture emulate imitation imitate mimicry impersonate mummer mimer
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Antonyms

original natural certain real true direct
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Hypernyms

play player act playing actor acting

Hyponyms

panto

Examples

Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. Marcel Marceau

Mime makes the invisible, visible and the visible, invisible. Marcel Marceau

I have to mime at parties when everyone sings Happy Birthday... mime or mumble and rumble and growl and grunt so deep that only moles, manta rays and mushrooms can hear me. Stephen Fry

Chaplin made me laugh and cry without saying a word. I had an instinct. I was touched by the soul of Chaplin - Mime is not an imitator but a creator. Marcel Marceau

Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime. Brandon Sanderson

I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training. Kristanna Loken

Close letter words and terms

mimbo Mimbre MIMD mimecan mimelike mimeme