Actor

/ˈak.tə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "actor" (183 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(3 words)

actress affecter agent antagonist antihero architectartful dodgerauthorbad guybamboozler barnstormer befuddler beguiler bitbit partcasanova cast charactercharacter actorcharacter man

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character womancharmerchild actorcounterfeiter creator cue deceiver deluder diseur diseuse dissembler dissimulator dodger doer

Strong matches (55)

Noun(6 words)

doer doersexternal entitygrammatical subjecthistrion implementer

don juandouble dealerdouble-dealer dramatizer duper enchanter entrancer executant executor executrix fabricator fake fakerfat partfeeder foil fooler forger fraudgay deceiver

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heavy hero heroine histrio histrion hoaxerhollow manhypnotizer hypocrite impersonator ingenue jilt jilter joker jokester juvenile kidder leadlead roleleading ladyleading manleading womanleg-puller lines machiavel machiavelli machiavellian mainstay maker

Related words (91)

man of strawmanneristmatinee idolmedium mesmerizer mime mimer mimic misleader monologist mover mummer operant operative operator pantomime pantomimistpaper tigerpart partaker

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participant participator party performer perpetrator person personage phony piece plagiarist plagiarizer playactor playerpractical jokerpractitioner pretenderprime moverproducer protagonistprotean actorragger reciter role role-player roscius seducer sharer side soubrette spooferstage performerstage playerstoogestraight manstraight partstraw manstrollerstrolling playersubject supportersupporting charactersupporting rolesustainer tease teaser theatrical thespiantitle roletrouper upholderutility manvillainwalk onwalk-onwalking partworker

Noun(15 words)

participators performer player players portrayer reaganrole playersimulantstage artistsubject of sentencethespians tragedian troupers user worker

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

agent artistcausal agencycausal agentcause entity performerperforming artist

More specific

11 entries

character actordevice actorend userexternal serviceexternal systemhuman actorlead actororganization actorstakeholdersupporting actorvoice actor

Collocations

6 entries

actor modelactor networkfilm actorlead actorstage actorvoice actor

Inflections

1 entries

actors

Derivations

3 entries

actorhood actorship actress

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The son of a great actor became a good actor in his own right.

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At last, James Bond made it as an actor.

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A boxer and an actor are coming toward us.

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Every actor has cold feet just before the beginning of a show.

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