Synonyms for "contortionist" (4 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (1)

acrobat

Strong matches (1)

aerialist

Related words (2)

tightrope walkertumbler

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

1 entries

acrobat

Related terms

3 entries

contortcontortioncontortionism

capable of

1 entries

scape from straightjacket

derived

1 entries

contortionistic

derived from

2 entries

contortcontortion

is a

2 entries

acrobatperforming artist

related to

9 entries

acrobatbodycontortcontortioncontortionismphrasetwisttwistingword

Translations

31 translations across 21 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries

• lyfvlegter noun (acrobat)
• slangmens noun (acrobat)

Asturian

1 entries

• contorsionista noun (acrobat)

Catalan

1 entries

• contorsionista noun (acrobat)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 柔術演員 /柔术演员 noun (acrobat)

Czech

2 entries

• hadí muž noun (acrobat)
• hadí žena noun (acrobat)

Danish

1 entries

• slangemenneske noun (acrobat)

Dutch

3 entries

• contorsionist noun (acrobat)
• contorsioniste noun (acrobat)
• slangenmens noun (acrobat)

Dzongkha

1 entries

• བཟོ་སྒྱུར་པ noun (acrobat)

Finnish

1 entries

• käärmeihminen noun (acrobat)

French

1 entries

• contorsionniste noun (acrobat)

Galician

1 entries

• contorsionista noun (acrobat)

German

2 entries

• Kontorsionist noun (acrobat)
• Schlangenmensch noun (acrobat)

Hungarian

2 entries

• gumiember noun (acrobat)
• kígyóember noun (acrobat)

Italian

2 entries

• contorsionista noun (acrobat)
• uomo ragno noun (acrobat)

Polish

2 entries

• kontorsjonista noun (acrobat)
• kontorsjonistka noun (acrobat)

Portuguese

1 entries

• contorcionista noun (acrobat)

Romanian

1 entries

• contorsionist noun (acrobat)

Russian

3 entries

• конторсиони́ст noun (acrobat)
• конторсиони́стка noun (acrobat)
• челове́к-змея́ noun (acrobat)

Spanish

1 entries

• contorsionista noun (acrobat)

Swedish

1 entries

• ormmänniska noun (acrobat)

Tagalog

1 entries

• kontorsiyonista noun (acrobat)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Maria worked in a circus. She was a contortionist.

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