aerialist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: aer=i=al=ist

CIDE DICTIONARY

aerialist, n. 

•  an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and coordination.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a burglar who gains entrance to buildings from the rooftop, sometimes leaping from building to building in the process. A type of second-story man.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aerialist, n. a high-wire or trapeze artist.

THESAURUS

aerialist

acrobat, bareback rider, circus artist, clown, contortionist, equestrian director, equilibrist, flier, funambulist, gymnast, high wire artist, high-wire artist, juggler, lion tamer, palaestrian, pancratiast, ringmaster, ropewalker, slack-rope artist, snake charmer, sword swallower, tightrope walker, trapeze artist, tumbler, weightlifter