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stuntman

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈstʌnt.mæn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌntmæn

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noun

Meaning 1

In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • During filming a stuntman was injured as he jumped from a railway bridge onto the roof of a train passing below.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stunt Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stuntman From stunt + -man.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kaskader — one who performs stunts
  • Armenian: կասկադյոր (kaskadyor) — one who performs stunts
  • Azerbaijani: kaskadyor — one who performs stunts
  • Belarusian: каскадзёр (kaskadzjór) — one who performs stunts
  • Belarusian: дублёр (dubljór) — one who performs stunts
  • Bulgarian: каскадьо́р (kaskadjór) — one who performs stunts
  • Bulgarian: дубльо́р (dubljór) — one who performs stunts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 特技演員 /特技演员 (tèjì yǎnyuán) — one who performs stunts
  • Czech: kaskadér — one who performs stunts
  • Danish: stuntman — one who performs stunts
  • Dutch: stuntwerker — one who performs stunts
  • Estonian: kaskadöör — one who performs stunts
  • Finnish: sijaisnäyttelijä — one who performs stunts
  • Finnish: stuntti — one who performs stunts
  • French: cascadeur — one who performs stunts
  • Galician: dobre — one who performs stunts
  • Galician: especialista — one who performs stunts
  • Georgian: კასკადიორი (ḳasḳadiori) — one who performs stunts
  • German: Stuntman — one who performs stunts
  • German: Kaskadeur — one who performs stunts
  • Greek: κασκαντέρ (kaskantér) — one who performs stunts
  • Hebrew: פַּעֲלוּלָן (pa'lulán) — one who performs stunts
  • Hungarian: kaszkadőr — one who performs stunts
  • Italian: cascatore — one who performs stunts
  • Italian: stuntman — one who performs stunts
  • Japanese: スタントマン (sutantoman) — one who performs stunts
  • Kazakh: каскадер (kaskader) — one who performs stunts
  • Korean: 스턴트맨 (seuteonteumaen) — one who performs stunts
  • Kyrgyz: каскадёр (kaskadyor) — one who performs stunts
  • Latvian: kaskadieris — one who performs stunts
  • Lithuanian: kaskadininkas — one who performs stunts
  • Macedonian: каскаде́р (kaskadér) — one who performs stunts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stuntmann — one who performs stunts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stuntmann — one who performs stunts
  • Polish: kaskader — one who performs stunts
  • Portuguese: dublê — one who performs stunts
  • Portuguese: duplo — one who performs stunts
  • Romanian: cascador — one who performs stunts
  • Russian: каскадёр (kaskadjór) — one who performs stunts
  • Russian: дублёр (dubljór) — one who performs stunts
  • Serbo-Croatian: каска̀де̄р — one who performs stunts
  • Serbo-Croatian: ду̀бле̄р — one who performs stunts
  • Serbo-Croatian: kaskàdēr — one who performs stunts
  • Serbo-Croatian: dùblēr — one who performs stunts
  • Slovak: kaskadér — one who performs stunts
  • Slovene: kaskader — one who performs stunts
  • Spanish: especialista de escenas peligrosas — one who performs stunts
  • Spanish: especialista de escenas de alto riesgo — one who performs stunts
  • Spanish: especialista de proezas — one who performs stunts
  • Swedish: stuntman — one who performs stunts
  • Swedish: kaskadör — one who performs stunts
  • Turkish: dublör — one who performs stunts
  • Ukrainian: каскаде́р (kaskadér) — one who performs stunts
  • Ukrainian: дубле́р (dublér) — one who performs stunts
  • Uzbek: kaskadyor — one who performs stunts
  • Vietnamese: diễn viên đóng thế — one who performs stunts