noun
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience (Freq. 8)
• Syn: ↑performing artist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑performing arts (for: ↑performing artist), ↑perform
• Hypernyms: ↑entertainer
• Hyponyms:
↑actor, ↑histrion, ↑player, ↑thespian, ↑role player, ↑artiste, ↑baton twirler, ↑twirler, ↑comedian, ↑comic, ↑cowboy, ↑rodeo rider, ↑dancer, ↑professional dancer, ↑terpsichorean, ↑executant, ↑fire-eater, ↑fire-swallower, ↑fire walker, ↑geek, ↑headliner, ↑star, ↑juggler, ↑magician, ↑prestidigitator, ↑conjurer, ↑conjuror, ↑illusionist, ↑minstrel, ↑monologist, ↑musician, ↑instrumentalist, ↑puppeteer, ↑Savoyard, ↑sightreader, ↑snake charmer, ↑straight man, ↑second banana, ↑stripper, ↑striptease artist, ↑striptease, ↑stripteaser, ↑exotic dancer, ↑ecdysiast, ↑peeler, ↑strongman, ↑vaudevillian, ↑ventriloquist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.