Word Type

Noun

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

Word Relationships

Capable Of

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 Terms

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

act actor

Inflected/Variant Forms

actor

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor adult female histrion player role player thespian woman

Type Of (IsA)

actor female person human person

Related Terms

actrix

Related Terms

doer perform

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