MUMMER Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

mummer

noun

ˈmə-mər

Definition of mummer

as in pantomime

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

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as in actor

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

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Recent Examples of mummer Like a medieval castle, where lords slept, blacksmiths pounded, soldiers trained, mummers mummed, and farmers sold their produce, the 21st century armory will be a mixed-use project in the truest sense. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026 Passyunk Avenue also features a replica of the mummers costume Jason wore during a parade after the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018. — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024 For Martin, any rivalry between the shows is a mummer’s farce (that is, foolish). — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2022 Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 13 May 2019 Attendees will be led in traditional songs from England, Ireland, and the United States, and Revels will perform a mummers play. — Leslie Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018 Troupes of mimes and acrobats, musicians and mummers were ubiquitous in early modern Europe. — A. O. Scott, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018

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Noun

The tension between the two boils over into a confrontation which only Eisenhower can adjudicate, a task complicated by his own arrogant British subordinate, a wiry and dislikable General Bernard Montgomery - played with a villainous verve bordering on the pantomime by Damian Lewis.

— Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026
Francis proceeds with an over-the-top childbirth pantomime that culminates in the new dad being egged on to cut the rope umbilical cord.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026

Definition of pantomime

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Pacino and Hopkins have both won best actor Academy Awards (two prizes in the case of the Welsh icon), and Moresco won a best original screenplay Oscar for Crash in 2005.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
On the development and production side, Lumicraft’s AI casting tool Castlink pairs actor discovery with contracting and settlement, while Reproduction’s Pre-Flow handles screenplay analysis and production data sharing.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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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
And Art the Clown’s mime-of-mayhem harlequin ghoulishness is part of the extremity.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of mime

Noun

But my favorite Tim Curry performance will always be Pennywise, the clown in Tommy Lee Wallace’s 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It, which, compared to Andy Muschietti’s mega popular pair of films, is modest, even a little lame.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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