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Synonyms of acrobat
1
one who performs feats of physical strength, balance, and agility on special apparatus
- a child who is a natural acrobat with a superb sense of balance
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2
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
- a political acrobat whose opinion on any issue is whatever will get the most votes
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- chameleon,
- chancer
- [British],
- opportunist,
- temporizer,
- timeserver,
- trimmer,
- weathercock
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“Acrobat.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrobat. Accessed 12 December 2019.
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The first known use of acrobat was in 1827
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