Word Type

Noun

The word "actor" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

movie show television theater

Capable Of

act badly act in play act poorly act scene in play appear in movie appearing at theater branch out cake on make up enter scene face audience milk part picture scene picture scenery play part present award pretend put on costume sign name sing songs star in broadway show star in film star in movie star in play star in television show star movie wear costume

Causes Desire

watch television show

Dbpedia Occupation

singing

Derived Terms

actor-proof actorfic actorial actorine actorish actorism actorlike actorly actornaut actorness actorship actory actroid back actor bad actor character actor child actor coactor crisis actor interactor live actor method actor non state actor non-state actor nonactor nonstate actor overactor play-actor self-actor spect-actor straight actor supporting actor threat actor underactor voice actor

Derived From

act or

Inflected/Variant Forms

actress

Context

legal policy debate software engineering

Has Property

different from role plays

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

causal agency causal agent cause performer performing artist

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

actress enactor reenactor

Type Of (IsA)

artist interpetor musical artist performer performing artist person person who can

Not Desires

bad review bad reviews

Related Terms

act acting action actress actrix actual transaction

Related Terms

act acting action actress actual advocate analysis complainant doer plaintiff transaction use case

Synonym Network

complainant doer participant performer role

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.