dancer
Syllables: danc·erUK/ˈdɑːnsə(ɹ)//ˈdænsəɹ/
dancer noun: a person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
Noun
dancer (plural dancers)
- A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
- I'm a terrible dancer.
- Synonyms:
- stepper
- A stripper.
- Synonyms:
- exotic dancer
- Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”).
- [A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys.1889, Charles Tempest Clarkson, J. Hall Richardson, Police!, page 260
- Synonyms:
- garreter
Proper noun capitalized: Dancer
Dancer
- The second reindeer of Santa Claus.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a dancer or acrobat.
dancer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dancer in Hindi
- person who dances
- नर्तक nartak, नचनिया nacniyā, नाचनेवाला nācnevālā
- female person who dances
- नर्तकी nartakī
dancer in Tamil
- person who dances
- நடனக்காரர் naṭaṉakkārar
dancer in Marathi
- नृत्यांगना, नर्तक
dancer in Urdu
- person who dances
- رَقّاص raqqās
- female person who dances
- رَقّاصَہ raqqāsa
More languagesFewer languages
- dancer in Bengali
- নর্তক nortok, নর্তকী nortoki
- dancer in Telugu
- నర్తకి nartaki
- dancer in Malayalam
- തുളളിച്ചാടുന്നവൻ tuḷaḷiccāṭunnavaṉ
- dancer in Kannada
- ಪಾಣ pāṇa
- dancer in Punjabi
- ਡਾਂਸਰ, ਨ੍ਰਿਤਕਾਰ, ਨ੍ਰਿਤਕਾਰੀ
- dancer in Gujarati
- નર્તક nartak, નર્તકી nartakī
- dancer in Odia
- ନର୍ତ୍ତକ narttaka
- dancer in Sanskrit
- नट naṭa, केवल kévala, लास्य lāsya
- dancer in Assamese
- নর্তকী
- dancer in Nepali
- नर्तकी, नर्तक, नृत्यांगना
- dancer in Pashto
- رقاص raqās, نڅاګر nacāgar, رقاصه raqāsa, نڅاګره nacāgǝra
- dancer in Tagalog
- mananayaw
- dancer in Arabic
- رَاقِص rāqiṣ, رَاقِصَة rāqiṣa
- dancer in Malay
- penari
- dancer in Indonesian
- penari
- dancer in Thai
- นักเต้น nák-dtên, หางเครื่อง hǎang-krʉ̂ʉang
- dancer in Vietnamese
- người nhảy, người múa, người khiêu vũ, vũ công
- dancer in Myanmar
- ကချေသည် ka.hkyesany
Examples of dancer in a sentence
- The dancer kept pace with the shifting tempo of the music.
- You'll need to correct your posture if you're going to be a professional dancer.
- Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
Synonyms of dancer
Forms of dancer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dancers |
| alternative form (obsolete) | dauncer |
| alternative form (obsolete) | dawncer |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Danser |
Origin of dancer
From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er.
From dancer. (reindeer): First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”
Words formed from dancer
- ballet dancer
- belly dancer
- cage dancer
- dad dancer
- danceress
- dancerette
- dancerly
- devil dancer
- exotic dancer
- fan dancer
- fire dancer
- folk dancer
- gandy dancer
- gandy-dancer
- go-go dancer
- gravedancer
- grave dancer
- lap dancer
- lap-dancer
- macho dancer
- morris-dancer
- morris dancer
- nondancer
- pole dancer
- rope dancer
- ropedancer
- saffron shadow dancer
- slamdancer
- slam dancer
- slam-dancer
- Spanish dancer
- square dancer
- stepdancer
- street dancer
- table dancer
- tap dancer
- tap-dancer
- taxi-dancer
- taxi dancer
- temple dancer
- tightrope dancer
- wire-dancer
Phrases with dancer
Words that rhyme with dancer
Questions about dancer
- What does dancer mean?
- Dancer means a person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
- What is dancer in Hindi?
- Dancer in Hindi is नर्तक (nartak), नचनिया (nacniyā), नाचनेवाला (nācnevālā). See Dancer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dancer?
- Dancer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dancer?
- Dancer is pronounced /ˈdɑːnsə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dancer?
- The plural of dancer is dancers.
Words near dancer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dancer (page history and authors); Dancer (page history and authors); dancer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dancer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); केवल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); dancer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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