mummer

mummer

noun

Definition of MUMMER

1

an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements <a street festival featuring mummers in a pantomime>

Synonyms mimic, mummer, pantomime, pantomimist

Related Words 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 impersonator, mummer, player, thesp, thespian, trouper

Related Words 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 nonactor