Synonyms for dancer in the sense of this definition

• professional dancer
• terpsichorean

(dancer is a kind of ...) an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

• performer
• performing artist

(... is a kind of dancer ) a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance

• taxi dancer

(... is a kind of dancer ) a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes

• tap dancer
• tapper

(... is a kind of dancer ) a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company

• ballet dancer

(... is a kind of dancer ) a professional dancing girl in India

• nautch girl

(... is a kind of dancer ) a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit

• kachina

(... is a kind of dancer ) a professional dancer

• hoofer
• stepper

(... is a kind of dancer ) a professional teacher of dancing

• dance master
• dancing-master

(... is a kind of dancer ) a woman who dances in a chorus line

• chorine
• chorus girl
• showgirl

(... is a kind of dancer ) a woman who performs a solo belly dance

• belly dancer
• exotic belly dancer
• exotic dancer

(... is a kind of dancer ) a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company

• ballet mistress

(... is a kind of dancer ) a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company

• ballet master

(... is an instance of dancer) woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist

• salome

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995)

• ginger rogers
• rogers
• virginia katherine mcmath
• virginia mcmath

(... is an instance of dancer) Russian ballerina (1882-1931)

• anna pavlova
• pavlova

(... is an instance of dancer) Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)

• nureyev
• rudolf nureyev

(... is an instance of dancer) Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950)

• nijinsky
• vaslav nijinsky
• waslaw nijinsky

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)

• shawn
• ted shawn

(... is an instance of dancer) Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

• moira shearer
• shearer

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)

• ruth saint denis
• ruth st. denis
• saint denis
• st. denis

(... is an instance of dancer) United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925)

• maria tallchief
• tallchief

(... is an instance of dancer) innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)

• tharp
• twyla tharp

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987)

• antony tudor
• tudor

(... is an instance of dancer) Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998)

• galina sergeevna ulanova
• galina ulanova
• ulanova

(... is an instance of dancer) Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808)

• gaetan vestris
• vestris

(... is an instance of dancer) Irish dancer (1818-1861)

• lola montez
• marie dolores eliza rosanna gilbert
• montez

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934)

• arthur mitchell
• mitchell

(... is an instance of dancer) French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979)

• leonid fyodorovich myasin
• leonide fedorovitch massine
• massine

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)

• astaire
• fred astaire

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)

• balanchine
• george balanchine

(... is an instance of dancer) Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)

• baryshnikov
• mikhail baryshnikov

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)

• cunningham
• merce cunningham

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993)

• agnes de mille
• agnes george de mille
• de mille

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)

• duncan
• isadora duncan

(... is an instance of dancer) English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)

• dame margot fonteyn
• fonteyn

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)

• graham
• martha graham

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944)

• jamison
• judith jamison

(... is an instance of dancer) Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978)

• karsavina
• tamara karsavina

(... is an instance of dancer) United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)

• eugene curran kelly
• gene kelly
• kelly

(... is an instance of dancer) English ballet dancer (born in 1910)

• dame alicia markova
• lilian alicia marks
• markova

(... is an instance of dancer) Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921)

• alicia alonso
• alonso

Synonyms for dancer in the sense of this definition

• social dancer

(dancer is a kind of ...) a human being