Thesaurus results for PANTOMIME

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noun

ˈpan-tə-ˌmīm

Definition of pantomime

as in gesture

a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling the game requires that you use pantomime to communicate an idea

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as in mime

an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements in ancient Rome pantomimes performed tragic love stories

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Recent Examples of pantomime

Noun

For Madrid to now want that at their club, Mourinho and pantomime act and all that comes with it, feels equally desperate. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Talkative characters like the froggish Mallow and even Bowser himself are motor-mouthed and sarcastic, nigglingly mocking Mario for his inability to speak in anything other than nods and pantomimes. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2026

Verb

Instead, early actors and prop makers probably just pantomimed bloodless violence, at most using bright red cloth to signify gore. — Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025 Sanders actually pantomimed his answers, moving his mouth with no words coming out and smiling throughout. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pantomime

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantomime

Noun

From the mid-2010s on, the pop-crossover gesture has become an exceedingly common trend in all flavors of indie.

— Larry Fitzmaurice, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
The gesture drew criticism from Ruby Farmer, a 68-year-old Detroit retiree.

— Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of gesture

Noun

Every Saturday morning, about 190 starry-eyed students ages 10 to 18 attend classes in everything from puppetry, mime and clowning to juggling, card tricks, illusions, mentalism, stage magic, theater production and escapology.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
The idea is that as an operator mimes picking up a pile of rocks, the arm would generate a force in response, as if the operator could feel the heaviness of the rocks, confirming that the excavator is indeed picking them up.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mime

Verb

The agreement between Walter and Kushner, which still needs to be signed, will need to be reviewed by the NBA.

— Broderick Turner Follow, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
On Thursday, the Louvre in Paris signed an agreement with unions who had threatened to strike for months, reports Le Figaro and AFP.

— Devorah Lauter for ARTNews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of sign

Noun

That’s not to jinx the master clown who’s currently doddering around in Argan’s shoes on Broadway.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
In several descriptions of these amateur events, including some of his own, Hemingway sounds less like a matador than a rodeo clown.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026