Actress

//ˈæk.tɹɪs//

Synonyms for "actress" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

actor antagonist bad guy barnstormer character character actor character man character woman

Noun(2 words)

actorine actrice

Strong matches (14)

child actor diseur diseuse dramatizer feeder foil heavy histrio histrion ingenue juvenile matinee idol mime mimer

Related words (23)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

actor adult female histrion player role player thespian woman

Related terms

1 entries

actrix

capable of

8 entries

cry convincingly on cue further career star in film star in movie star in play star in shakespeare play star in show study lines

derived

13 entries

actressy adult actress as the actress said to the bishop as the bishop said to the actress blacktress character actress live actress mattress actress play-actress said the actress to the bishop said the bishop to the actress supporting actress voice actress

derived from

2 entries

act actor

form of

1 entries

actor

is a

4 entries

actor female person human person

related to

2 entries

doer perform

Translations

96 translations across 75 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

aktrise noun (female actor — see also actor)

Albanian

2 entries

aktore noun (female actor — see also actor)
vepruese noun (female actor — see also actor)

Arabic

2 entries

ممثلة noun (female actor — see also actor)
مُمَثِّلَة noun (female actor — see also actor)

Armenian

1 entries

դերասանուհի noun (female actor — see also actor)

Asturian

1 entries

actriz noun (female actor — see also actor)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

aktrisa noun (female actor — see also actor)

Bashkir

1 entries

актриса noun (female actor — see also actor)

Belarusian

1 entries

актры́са noun (female actor — see also actor)

Bengali

1 entries

অভিনেত্রী noun (female actor — see also actor)

Bulgarian

2 entries

актри́са noun (female actor — see also actor)
арти́стка noun (female actor — see also actor)

Catalan

1 entries

actriu noun (female actor — see also actor)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

伶 noun (female actor — see also actor)
女優 /女优 noun (female actor — see also actor)
女演員 /女演员 noun (female actor — see also actor)

Czech

1 entries

herečka noun (female actor — see also actor)

Danish

1 entries

skuespillerinde noun (female actor — see also actor)

Dutch

1 entries

actrice noun (female actor — see also actor)

Esperanto

1 entries

aktorino noun (female actor — see also actor)

Estonian

2 entries

näitlejanna noun (female actor — see also actor)
näitlejatar noun (female actor — see also actor)

Finnish

2 entries

lapsinäyttelijä noun (female actor — see also actor)
näyttelijätär noun (female actor — see also actor)

French

1 entries

actrice noun (female actor — see also actor)

Galician

1 entries

actriz noun (female actor — see also actor)

Georgian

2 entries

მსახიობი noun (female actor — see also actor)
მსახიობი ქალი noun (female actor — see also actor)

German

1 entries

Schauspielerin noun (female actor — see also actor)

Greek

1 entries

ηθοποιός noun (female actor — see also actor)

Hebrew

1 entries

שַׂחְקָנִית noun (female actor — see also actor)

Hindi

1 entries

अभिनेत्री noun (female actor — see also actor)

Hungarian

1 entries

színésznő noun (female actor — see also actor)

Icelandic

1 entries

leikkona noun (female actor — see also actor)

Ido

1 entries

aktorino noun (female actor — see also actor)

Indonesian

1 entries

aktris noun (female actor — see also actor)

Irish

2 entries

aisteoir mná noun (female actor — see also actor)
ban-aisteoir noun (female actor — see also actor)

Italian

1 entries

attrice noun (female actor — see also actor)

Japanese

1 entries

女優 noun (female actor — see also actor)

Kashubian

1 entries

teatrownica noun (female actor — see also actor)

Kazakh

1 entries

актриса noun (female actor — see also actor)

Korean

2 entries

여배우 noun (female actor — see also actor)
여우 noun (female actor — see also actor)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

актриса noun (female actor — see also actor)

Lao

1 entries

ນາງລະຄອນ noun (female actor — see also actor)

Latin

1 entries

āctrīx noun (female actor — see also actor)

Latvian

1 entries

aktrise noun (female actor — see also actor)

Lithuanian

1 entries

aktorė noun (female actor — see also actor)

Macedonian

2 entries

актерка noun (female actor — see also actor)
артистка noun (female actor — see also actor)

Malay

2 entries

pelakon noun (female actor — see also actor)
pelakon wanita noun (female actor — see also actor)

Maltese

1 entries

attriċi noun (female actor — see also actor)

Marathi

1 entries

अभीनेत्री noun (female actor — see also actor)

Māori

1 entries

kaitapere noun (female actor — see also actor)

Norman

1 entries

actrice noun (female actor — see also actor)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

skuespillerinne noun (female actor — see also actor)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

skodespelarinne noun (female actor — see also actor)

Occitan

1 entries

actritz noun (female actor — see also actor)

Odia

1 entries

ଅଭିନେତ୍ରୀ noun (female actor — see also actor)

Old English

1 entries

sċeriċġe noun (female actor — see also actor)

Persian

1 entries

آکتریس noun (female actor — see also actor)

Polish

1 entries

aktorka noun (female actor — see also actor)

Portuguese

1 entries

atriz noun (female actor — see also actor)

Romanian

1 entries

actriță noun (female actor — see also actor)

Russian

2 entries

актри́са noun (female actor — see also actor)
арти́стка noun (female actor — see also actor)

Samogitian

1 entries

aktuorė noun (female actor — see also actor)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

ban-actair noun (female actor — see also actor)
ban-chleasaiche noun (female actor — see also actor)
ban-chluicheadair noun (female actor — see also actor)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

glùmica noun (female actor — see also actor)
глу̀мица noun (female actor — see also actor)

Sinhalese

2 entries

නිළිය noun (female actor — see also actor)
රංගන ශිල්පිනිය noun (female actor — see also actor)

Slovak

1 entries

herečka noun (female actor — see also actor)

Slovene

1 entries

igralka noun (female actor — see also actor)

Spanish

1 entries

actriz noun (female actor — see also actor)

Swedish

2 entries

aktris noun (female actor — see also actor)
skådespelerska noun (female actor — see also actor)

Tajik

1 entries

актриса noun (female actor — see also actor)

Telugu

1 entries

నటి noun (female actor — see also actor)

Thai

1 entries

นักแสดงหญิง noun (female actor — see also actor)

Turkish

1 entries

aktris noun (female actor — see also actor)

Turkmen

1 entries

aktrisa noun (female actor — see also actor)

Ukrainian

3 entries

акто́рка noun (female actor — see also actor)
актри́са noun (female actor — see also actor)
лицеді́йка noun (female actor — see also actor)

Uzbek

1 entries

aktrisa noun (female actor — see also actor)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nữ diễn viên noun (female actor — see also actor)

Volapük

1 entries

jidramatan noun (female actor — see also actor)

Welsh

1 entries

actores noun (female actor — see also actor)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַקטריסע noun (female actor — see also actor)
שוישפּילערין noun (female actor — see also actor)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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To my surprise, he got married to a very beautiful actress.

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The audience applauded the actress.

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Ms. Brown seems to be an actress.

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There were a lot of people who came to ask for the famous actress.

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