Synonyms for ballet
bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪbal·let

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. ballet, concert dancenoun

   a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

   Synonyms:
   concert dance

2. balletnoun

   music written for a ballet

   Synonyms:
   concert dance

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. balletnoun

   Associated words:
   choreograph, choreographer

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1. List of paraphrases for "ballet":

   ballets, dance, dancing

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1. Rita Rudner:

   I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.

2. Pacfique Niyomwungeri:

   I never saw ballet before. It was the first time I saw people turn on their toes.

3. Sam Feist:

   The set designers, the lighting team, the engineering team, the audio team, the visual team -- hundreds and hundreds of people had to come together working together almost like a ballet in order to get ready for this.

4. Martha Graham:

   You’re hopeless as a dancer, you’re like a quarterback taking up ballet. Perhaps you could find work as a soda jerk.

5. Marina Kondratyeva:

   The leading dancer of our troupe ... made an incredible impression on London audiences, they didn’t know what our ballet was like. They didn’t know anything about us – there was the Iron Curtain and then the Iron Curtain opened and we arrived.