Role

//ɹəʊl//

Synonyms for "role" (70 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

character function actor antagonist antihero bit bit part business capacity cast condition cue duty

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (21)

end use fat part feeder heavy hero heroine immediate purpose impersonation ingenue job lead lead role leading lady leading man leading woman line lines office operation

Noun(2 words)

function office

Related words (35)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

8 entries

activity characterization duty enactment personation portrayal usefulness utility

More specific

1 entries

subrole

Synonyms

2 entries

character function

at location

7 entries

bread drawer film marriage movie play stage play threatrical production

derived

31 entries

bit role breeches role gender role gender-role massively multiplayer online role-playing game multirole pants role play a role rerole role activity diagram role conflict role model role player role playing game role reversal role-based

Showing 16 of 31 words.

has context

2 entries

grammar historical

is a

7 entries

activity character in acting do extensional representation predicate part in performance work part person plays predicate

related to

36 entries

acting acting part actor actor position actors actors assume actors part assume attitudes behaviour character denotes designation expect function individual

Showing 16 of 36 words.

used for

10 entries

act act in play actor to play determining function part for actor part in movie part in play part in television show playing purpose

Translations

156 translations across 69 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

rol noun (character or part)

Arabic

1 entries

دَوْر noun (character or part)

Armenian

4 entries

դեր noun (character or part)
դեր noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
դեր noun (the function or position of something)
պաշտոն noun (the function or position of something)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

rol noun (character or part)

Belarusian

1 entries

ро́ля noun (character or part)

Bengali

1 entries

ভূমিকা noun (character or part)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ро́ля noun (character or part)

Burmese

1 entries

အခန်း noun (character or part)

Catalan

4 entries

funció noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)
paper noun (character or part)
paper noun (the function or position of something)
rol noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

دەور noun (character or part)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

角 noun (character or part)
角色 noun (character or part)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

任務 /任务 noun (the function or position of something)
角 noun (character or part)
角色 noun (character or part)

Czech

1 entries

role noun (character or part)

Danish

1 entries

rolle noun (character or part)

Dutch

1 entries

rol noun (character or part)

Estonian

1 entries

roll noun (character or part)

Finnish

4 entries

asema noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
osa noun (character or part)
osa noun (the function or position of something)
rooli noun (character or part)

French

4 entries

fonction noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)
rôle noun (character or part)
rôle noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
rôle noun (the function or position of something)

Galician

4 entries

función noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
función noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)
papel noun (character or part)
papel noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

Georgian

3 entries

როლი noun (character or part)
როლი noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
ფუნქცია noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

German

4 entries

Aufgabe noun (the function or position of something)
Funktion noun (the function or position of something)
Rolle noun (character or part)
Rolle noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

Greek

4 entries

ρόλος noun (character or part)
ρόλος noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
ρόλος noun (the function or position of something)
ρόλος noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)

Hebrew

1 entries

תַּפְקִיד noun (character or part)

Hindi

3 entries

भूमिका noun (character or part)
भूमिका noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
भूमिका noun (the function or position of something)

Hungarian

1 entries

szerep noun (character or part)

Icelandic

1 entries

hlutverk noun (character or part)

Indonesian

4 entries

peran noun (the function or position of something)
peranan noun (character or part)
peranan noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
tugas noun (the function or position of something)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

رُل noun (character or part)
نَقْش noun (character or part)

Irish

3 entries

ról noun (character or part)
ról noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
ról noun (the function or position of something)

Italian

2 entries

ruolo noun (character or part)
ruolo noun (the function or position of something)

Japanese

4 entries

役 noun (character or part)
役 noun (the function or position of something)
役割 noun (character or part)
役柄 noun (character or part)

Kazakh

2 entries

рөл noun (character or part)
рөл noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)

Khmer

1 entries

តួ noun (character or part)

Korean

4 entries

역 noun (character or part)
역 noun (the function or position of something)
역할 noun (character or part)
직무 noun (the function or position of something)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

роль noun (character or part)

Lao

1 entries

ບົດບາດ noun (character or part)

Latvian

1 entries

loma noun (character or part)

Lithuanian

2 entries

rolė noun (character or part)
vaidmuo noun (character or part)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Roll noun (character or part)

Macedonian

2 entries

ролја noun (character or part)
улога noun (character or part)

Malay

1 entries

peranan noun (character or part)

Maltese

1 entries

rwol noun (character or part)

Mongolian

1 entries

үүрэг noun (character or part)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

dewr noun (character or part)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

rolle noun (character or part)
rolle noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
rolle noun (the function or position of something)

Occitan

1 entries

ròtle noun (the function or position of something)

Pashto

2 entries

رول noun (character or part)
نقش noun (character or part)

Polish

4 entries

funkcja noun (the function or position of something)
funkcja noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)
pozycja noun (the function or position of something)
rola noun (character or part)

Portuguese

4 entries

função noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
função noun (the function or position of something)
função noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)
papel noun (character or part)

Romanian

1 entries

rol noun (character or part)

Russian

3 entries

до́лжность noun (the function or position of something)
роль noun (character or part)
роль noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

róla noun (character or part)
ȕloga noun (character or part)
ȕloga noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
ȕloga noun (the function or position of something)

Slovak

1 entries

rola noun (character or part)

Slovene

3 entries

vloga noun (character or part)
vloga noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
vloga noun (the function or position of something)

Spanish

3 entries

papel noun (character or part)
papel noun (the function or position of something)
rol noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

Swedish

4 entries

funktion noun ((grammar) the function of a word in a phrase)
roll noun (character or part)
roll noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
roll noun (the function or position of something)

Tajik

2 entries

нақш noun (character or part)
рол noun (character or part)

Tamil

1 entries

பங்கு noun (character or part)

Tatar

1 entries

роль noun (character or part)

Telugu

1 entries

పాత్ర noun (character or part)

Thai

2 entries

บทบาท noun (character or part)
บทบาท noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)

Turkish

4 entries

görev noun (the function or position of something)
işlev noun (the function or position of something)
rol noun (character or part)
rol noun (the function or position of something)

Turkmen

1 entries

rol noun (character or part)

Ukrainian

1 entries

роль noun (character or part)

Urdu

1 entries

کِرْدار noun (character or part)

Uyghur

1 entries

رول noun (character or part)

Uzbek

1 entries

rol noun (character or part)

Vietnamese

2 entries

vai noun (character or part)
vai trò noun (character or part)

Yiddish

3 entries

ראָלע noun (character or part)
ראָלע noun (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
ראָלע noun (the function or position of something)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Mary played the role of an old woman in the play.

Source: tatoeba (31984)

Bob will play the leading role for the first time in the next school festival.

Source: tatoeba (33189)

Part-time workers play an important role in the development of the economy.

Source: tatoeba (35609)

Watching television changes the role of the fans by making their participation more passive and distant.

Source: tatoeba (39163)

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