Definition for Actor:

• Dramatic performer, whence actress n.; ( rarely) doer. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Actor:

• n.

  •
  • action,
  • performing arts.
  •
  • participate.
  •actor (noun)
  • Histrion,
  • worker,
  • doer,
  • thespian,
  • role player.
  •agent (noun)
  • executor,
  • attorney,
  • impresario,
  • instrument,
  • middleman,
  • emissary,
  • liaison,
  • representative,
  • delegate,
  • mediator,
  • intermediary,
  • auxiliary,
  • agency,
  • lieutenant,
  • vehicle,
  • deputy,
  • operative,
  • ombudsman,
  • surrogate,
  • substitute,
  • proxy,
  • appointee,
  • second,
  • go-between,
  • broker,
  • alternate,
  • factor.
  •comedian (noun)
  • million laugh,
  • co-median,
  • merry andrews,
  • merryandrew,
  • stand up comic,
  • co median,
  • standup comics,
  • merry-andrews,
  • co medians,
  • stand up comics,
  • merryandrews,
  • stand-up comics,
  • co-medians.
  •counterfeit (noun)
  • pseudi,
  • puton,
  • junques,
  • re productions,
  • re-productions,
  • re-production,
  • boguses,
  • re production.
  •entertainer (noun)
  • entertainer.
  •fake (noun)
  • gold bricks,
  • pre tense,
  • four flushers,
  • pre-tense,
  • fourflushers,
  • makebelieve,
  • four flusher,
  • pre tenses,
  • four-flushers.
  •humorist (noun)
  • wag,
  • buffoon,
  • card,
  • wit,
  • copywriter,
  • essayist,
  • gagman,
  • word smith,
  • belletrist,
  • scriptwriter,
  • humorist,
  • prankster,
  • columnist,
  • comic,
  • dramatist,
  • clown,
  • writer,
  • playwright,
  • author,
  • funnyman.
  •hypocrite (noun)
  • sophist,
  • Attitudinizer,
  • two-face,
  • pharisee,
  • Pharisees,
  • hypocrite,
  • backslider,
  • smoothies,
  • backsliders,
  • playactor,
  • dissembler,
  • smoothie,
  • masquerader,
  • masqueraders,
  • lip server,
  • two-timer,
  • dissemblers,
  • Dissimulator,
  • tartuffe,
  • wolf in sheep's clothing,
  • trickster,
  • casuists,
  • casuist,
  • sophists.
  •impostor (noun)
  • scorner,
  • pettifogger,
  • beguiler,
  • mockers,
  • impersonator,
  • empiric,
  • beguilers.
  •jester (noun)
  • madcaps,
  • practical jokers,
  • life the party,
  • life of party,
  • japers,
  • life party.
  •joker (noun)
  • gagsters,
  • straight persons,
  • funsters,
  • joshers,
  • straight people,
  • jokesmiths,
  • kidders.
  •participant (noun)
  • a party tos.
  •party (noun)
  • co-juror,
  • compurgators,
  • cojurors,
  • co jurors,
  • co juror,
  • co-jurors.
  •person (noun)
  • actor.
  •person who performs, entertains by role-playing (noun)
  • idol,
  • bit player,
  • play-actor,
  • thesp,
  • barnstormer,
  • soubrette,
  • extra,
  • ventriloquist,
  • ingenue,
  • headliner,
  • stooge,
  • foil,
  • villain,
  • pantomimist,
  • amateur.
  •player (noun)
  • under study,
  • scene stealers,
  • walk ons,
  • walkon,
  • under-studies,
  • under studies,
  • walk on,
  • standin,
  • hambones,
  • under-study,
  • walkons,
  • walk-ons.
  •quack (noun)
  • bunco artist,
  • quacksalvers,
  • flimflammers,
  • bunco artists.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • leading man,
  • movie star,
  • talking head,
  • dramatis personae,
  • COSTAR,
  • spellbinder,
  • artist,
  • starlet,
  • superstar,
  • understudy,
  • tragedian,
  • character actor,
  • ham,
  • stand in,
  • dancer,
  • megastar,
  • heart-throb,
  • auditor,
  • matinee idol,
  • leading lady,
  • mime,
  • body double.
  •
  • cast,
  • actress,
  • star,
  • hero.
  •
  • lead.
  •
  • double.
  •
  • character.
  •function
  • role.
  •speaker
  • talker.

Paraphrases for Actor:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    factor, star.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    advisers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Institutes, Fora, intervenor, partner, officer, originator.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    representative.
  • Proper noun, singular
    participants, actress, comedian, player, players, representative, representatives.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    protagonist, actress, operator, participant, interlocutor, comedian, agent, author, perpetrator, contributor, player, cast, role, representative, entity, character.

Antonyms for Actor:

• n.

  • person who performs, entertains by role-playing
    audience, fan.
  • Other antonyms:
    nonparticipant, chief, principal, wallflower, observer, looker-on, originator, inventor, bystander, onlooker, watcher, spectator.

Actor Sentence Examples:

• Here is where dramatic ability is everything and the heavier demands upon the actor in the ordinary drama, especially in the way of physical development, voice, etc.

• Before the eyes were lifted, and before an answer could be returned, another actor came upon the scene.

Homophones for Actor:

• agitator, ash tree, astaire, actuary, austere, ashtray, acciaccatura, associatory, astor, astir, aster, accoutre, actuator, astray, accusatory, austria, akhtar, accouter, Akee Tree, agateware, as it were, azoturia.

Hypernym for Actor:

• n.

  • person
    mime, heavy, upstager, movie actor, leading man, actress, pantomimer, star, standby, supernumerary, scene-stealer, tragedian, principal, ham actor, lead, trouper, mimer, extra, play-actor, character actor, walk-on, ingenue, comedian, spear carrier, plant, reenactor, ham, screen actor, playactor, understudy, pantomimist, mummer, barnstormer.

Hyponym for Actor:

• n.

  • person
    performer, performing artist.