Pantomime and Speak

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Pantomime verb - Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only.

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Speak is an antonym for pantomime in make signs topic.

Nearby Words: pantomimic, pantomiming, pantomimed

Speak verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.

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Pantomime is an antonym for speak.

Nearby Words: speaker, speaking

The Talk: Has its own musical number; unique in that the King can't speak, and has to do the whole thing in pantomime.

Source: Theatre / Once Upon a Mattress

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