AERIALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aerialist mean? 

• AERIALIST (noun)
  The noun AERIALIST has 1 sense:

1. an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

  Familiarity information: AERIALIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AERIALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("aerialist" is a kind of...):

acrobat (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aerialist"):

ropedancer; ropewalker (an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground)