TIGHTROPE WALKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tightrope walker mean? 

• TIGHTROPE WALKER (noun)
  The noun TIGHTROPE WALKER has 1 sense:

1. an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope

  Familiarity information: TIGHTROPE WALKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIGHTROPE WALKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

funambulist; tightrope walker

Hypernyms ("tightrope walker" is a kind of...):

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