Meanings
nounventriloquist (plural ventriloquists)
plural ventriloquists
- A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
"Oh, I am a ventriloquist," said the little man. "I can throw the sound of my voice wherever I wish, so that you thought it was coming out of the Head. […]"
1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “Chapter 15”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC1 more example
Most ridiculous is the discomfiture which attends the opponents of predication, who, like the ventriloquist Eurycles, have the voice that answers them in their own breast.
1871, Benjamin Jowett, The Sophist, translation of original by PlatoSynonyms: biloquist, ventriloque
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
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Translations
Ancient Greek ἐγγαστρίμυθος
- ἐγγαστρίμυθος (engastrímuthos)a person who practices ventriloquism
Arabic مُتَكَلِّم مِنْ بَطْنِه
- مُتَكَلِّم مِنْ بَطْنِه (mutakallim min baṭnih)a person who practices ventriloquism
Catalan ventríloc, ventríloqua
- ventríloca person who practices ventriloquism
- ventríloquaa person who practices ventriloquism
Chinese Mandarin 口技表演者, 腹語者 /腹语者
- 口技表演者 (kǒujì biǎoyǎnzhě)a person who practices ventriloquism
- 腹語者 /腹语者 (fùyǔzhě)a person who practices ventriloquism
Czech břichomluvec
- břichomluveca person who practices ventriloquism
Danish buktaler, ventrilokvist
- buktalera person who practices ventriloquism
- ventrilokvista person who practices ventriloquism
Dutch buikspreker
- buiksprekera person who practices ventriloquism
Finnish vatsastapuhuja
- vatsastapuhujaa person who practices ventriloquism
French ventriloque
- ventriloquea person who practices ventriloquism
German Bauchredner, Bauchrednerin
- Bauchrednera person who practices ventriloquism
- Bauchrednerina person who practices ventriloquism
- Ventriloquista person who practices ventriloquism
- Ventriloquistina person who practices ventriloquism
Greek εγγαστρίμυθος
- εγγαστρίμυθος (engastrímythos)a person who practices ventriloquism
Hebrew פִּיתוֹם
- פִּיתוֹם (pitóm)a person who practices ventriloquism
Hungarian hasbeszélő
- hasbeszélőa person who practices ventriloquism
Icelandic búktalari
- búktalaria person who practices ventriloquism
Italian ventriloquo, ventriloqua
- ventriloquoa person who practices ventriloquism
- ventriloquaa person who practices ventriloquism
Japanese 腹話術師
- 腹話術師 (fukuwajutsushi)a person who practices ventriloquism
Latvian vēderrunātājs, vēderrunātāja
- vēderrunātājsa person who practices ventriloquism
- vēderrunātājaa person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Bokmål buktaler, buktalerske
- buktalera person who practices ventriloquism
- buktalerskea person who practices ventriloquism
- ventrilokvista person who practices ventriloquism
Polish brzuchomówca, brzuchomówczyni
- brzuchomówcaa person who practices ventriloquism
- brzuchomówczynia person who practices ventriloquism
Portuguese ventríloquo, ventríloqua
- ventríloquoa person who practices ventriloquism
- ventríloquaa person who practices ventriloquism
Romanian ventriloc, ventrilocă
- ventriloca person who practices ventriloquism
- ventrilocăa person who practices ventriloquism
Russian чревовеща́тель, чревовеща́тельница
- чревовеща́тель (črevoveščátelʹ)a person who practices ventriloquism
- чревовеща́тельница (črevoveščátelʹnica)a person who practices ventriloquism
Slovak bruchomluvec
- bruchomluveca person who practices ventriloquism
Spanish ventrílocuo, ventrílocua
- ventrílocuoa person who practices ventriloquism
- ventrílocuaa person who practices ventriloquism
Swedish buktalare, buktalerska
- buktalarea person who practices ventriloquism
- buktalerskaa person who practices ventriloquism
Tagalog bentrilokwo
- bentrilokwoa person who practices ventriloquism
Turkish vantrilok
- vantriloka person who practices ventriloquism
Yiddish בויכרעדער, בויכרעדערין
- בויכרעדער (boykhreder)a person who practices ventriloquism
- בויכרעדערין (boykhrederin)a person who practices ventriloquism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ventriloquist
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“ventriloquist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ventriloquist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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