Word Study
aerialist
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]
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, weightlifterFor further exploring for "aerialist" in Webster Dictionary Online