Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Of or relating to dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Alternative form of terpsichorean; of or relating to dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person who dances, especially professionally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to dancing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a performer who dances professionally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dancer, professional dancer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performer, performing artist
Narrower terms: ballet dancer, ballet master, ballet mistress, belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer, chorus girl, showgirl, chorine, dancing-master, dance master, hoofer, stepper, kachina, nautch girl, tap dancer, tapper, taxi dancer, Alonso, Alicia Alonso, Astaire, Fred Astaire, Balanchine, George Balanchine, Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cunningham, Merce Cunningham, de Mille, Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille, Duncan, Isadora Duncan, Fonteyn, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Graham, Martha Graham, Jamison, Judith Jamison, Karsavina, Tamara Karsavina, Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Markova, Dame Alicia Markova, Lilian Alicia Marks, Massine, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell, Montez, Lola Montez, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Waslaw Nijinsky, Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev, Pavlova, Anna Pavlova, Rogers, Ginger Rogers, Virginia McMath, Virginia Katherine McMath, Salome, Shawn, Ted Shawn, Shearer, Moira Shearer, St. Denis, Saint Denis, Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis, Tallchief, Maria Tallchief, Tharp, Twyla Tharp, Tudor, Antony Tudor, Ulanova, Galina Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna Ulanova, Vestris, Gaetan Vestris
History
From Terpsichore (“the Muse of dance in Greek mythology”).
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
