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

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 Her favorite is the impressionist Musée d'Orsay, which is undergoing renovation through summer 2028 but remains open. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impressionist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionist

Noun

Aidan Hutchinson, at this stage of his career, is a perennial 12-sack, 100-pressure performer when healthy.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Guo is considered the country’s most prominent performer of traditional xiangsheng, a form of Chinese comedic dialogue using word play and rhymes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of performer

Adjective

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
There is something in the string arrangement that sounds a bit impressionistic to me, but also profoundly Mexican, with the trumpets doubling the violin lines.

— Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of impressionistic

Noun

The Golden Eye Award honors actors and actresses who shape the current cinematic year while also ranking among the most significant performers of their generation.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
The actor describes the Marvel series as a Frankenstein tale about identity.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 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

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
An exemplary script and dashes of stylish direction set this ’90s favorite apart from myriad Tarantino imitators.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 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