Word Type

Noun

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bread drawer film marriage movie play stage play threatrical production

Derived Terms

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 role-oriented role-oriented language role-play role-player role-playing role-playing game role-playing video game roled roleless roleplay roleplayer thematic role theta role title role trouser role

Context

grammar historical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

activity characterization duty enactment personation portrayal usefulness utility

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

subrole

Type Of (IsA)

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

Related Terms

acting acting part actor actor position actors actors assume actors part assume attitudes behaviour character denotes designation expect function individual job job responsibility knowledge occupation parchment part performer phrase position responsibilities responsibility role conflict sheet skills society theater theater acting type type occupation word

Synonym Network

character function

Used For

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

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