masquerader

noun

Definition of masqueradernext
as in actor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for masquerader
  1. actor
  2. pantomime
  3. poser
  4. masker
  5. mime
  6. ape
  7. impressionist
  8. pantomimist
Noun
  • For years, the FBI has warned cities and police agencies about foreign actors potentially trying to influence politics.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Her co-star and director Justin Baldoni, the outspoken actor highly regarded as one of the industry's fiercest defenders of women.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of actor
Noun
  • Instead it’s been turned into a pantomime with outlandishly garish costumes.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
  • During the war, the late Queen spent the holiday there with her family, famously staging pantomimes each year in an attempt to keep morale high.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of pantomime
Noun
  • The smart money is on those with a long-term vision, capable of acting in the best interest of the future, instead of the compulsions of the moment, which will eventually delineate the posers and the professionals.
    Parijat Banerjee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of poser
Noun
  • The maskers and their guests heralded Queen Rachel during the event, and the queen was seen onstage in the arena with various bands, including D Play and Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster.
    Michael Dumas, al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Anti-maskers?
    Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
Definition of masker
Noun
  • Irwin talking up the merits of a mime is especially funny.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The chorus to the song Swift’s dad, Scott, said was his favorite offers drum punches that mime the exclamation marks in the song title.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
Definition of mime
Noun
  • The Caesar trilogy featured a mix of human and ape characters, with many apes using sign language to communicate.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Millar relates that the team briefly considered leaning into an ape’s movement, but that was quickly dismissed.
    Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of ape
Noun
  • For the time being, Saturday Night Live viewers will have to settle for the show’s political impressionists.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • But in the biggest surprise of the cold open, SNL master impressionist Dana Carvey returned to the show as President Joe Biden.
    Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of impressionist
Noun
  • The hat will be put to good use this weekend when Hager pays tribute to Red Skelton, the late pantomimist and radio and television comedian.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Image Reo King Sanshiro, a pantomimist, was standing outside a Chinese restaurant on a busy street in Kumamoto City.
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2017
Definition of pantomimist
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