mummer | Definition of mummer

Synonyms and Antonyms of mummer

1 an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements

a street festival featuring mummers in a pantomime

Synonyms of mummer

mime, mimic, pantomime, pantomimist

Words Related to mummer

busker [chiefly British], entertainer, performer, player, trouper

aper, imitator, impersonator, impressionist

clown, pantaloon

2 one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)

those moonstruck mummers on TV soap operas who have more hair than talent

Synonyms of mummer

actor, impersonator, player, thesp, thespian, trouper

Words Related to mummer

barnstormer, enactor, entertainer, performer

actress, starlet

lead, leading lady, leading man, star

coactor, costar

extra, spear-carrier, supernumerary, walk-on

monologuist (or monologist)

prima donna, scene-stealer

double, understudy

comedian, farceur

tragedian, tragedienne

ape, aper, ham, imitator, impressionist, masker, masquerader, mime, mimic, pantomime, pantomimist, personator, poser

buffoon, clown, harlequin, stooge, zany

Antonyms of mummer