IMPRESSIONIST Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

im-ˈpre-sh(ə-)nist

Definition of impressionist

as in performer

a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect a celebrated impressionist who can do enough rapid-fire imitations to populate an entire stage with characters

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Recent Examples of impressionist

Noun

Mimics tells the story of Sam, a struggling impressionist who makes a pact with a wicked puppet. — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026 The actor and impressionist, who has been with the show since 1989, has no idea what happens after that. — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026

Adjective

Don't miss the renowned impressionist collection with paintings by Monet and van Gogh. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026 The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace appears like a post-impressionist vision, its beige crown backdropped by the freckled green of the Maniyagarh hills. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impressionist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionist

Noun

But Caminero — who is only 23 years old — was the first repeat performer, winning unanimously both times.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
His host was Jay Footlik, another ex-performer who’d had a propitious second career.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of performer

Adjective

Inevitably, much of that knowledge was still undigested and poorly sorted; as a result the planet, viewed from Europe, must have seemed a rather impressionistic and formless place.

— Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
As Pattinson spends a long night trying to rescue his brother, the Safdies weave a nightmarish, impressionistic vision of New York that ranks among the most unsettling cinematic depictions of the city.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of impressionistic

Noun

Star Matthew Rhys won best actor, Stephen Root won best supporting actor and Kate O'Flynn won best supporting actress.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The freshman comedy dominated Monday’s Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home six statues, including one for history-maker Matthew Rhys, who became the first person to win Emmys in two lead actor categories in the same year.

— Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of actor

Adjective

Raimi and his collaborators go all out, ramping up the expressionistic filmmaking and embracing a clearer tone of comical absurdity.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
In his songs, the English language turned woolier and more expressionistic; musical space-time distended and stretched.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of expressionistic

Adjective

For nearly 50 years, illustrator and comic book creator Bill Sienkiewicz has burned, splattered and slashed his way across the page with his expressionist approach to visual storytelling.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
By the 1980s, Baselitz’s profile began to expand beyond Germany, when he was exhibited in dialogue with figurative painters sharing his expressionist leanings, including Italy’s Sandro Chia and Francesco Clemente.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of expressionist

Noun

The account has amassed over 10,000 followers, inspiring imitator accounts.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of imitator

Noun

In it, Simpson pulled pranks on strangers dressed as a Ford Bronco salesman, a durag-wearing rapper, a pizza delivery man, an Elvis Presley impersonator and an elderly, white man.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
At all times the person is a gender impersonator not a transgender.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026