Entry Word: actor

Function: noun

Meaning: one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show) <my sister went to drama school to become an actor>

Synonyms impersonator, mummer, player, trouper

Related Words barnstormer, entertainer, performer; actress, starlet; lead, leading lady, leading man, star; monologuist (or monologist); prima donna, scene-stealer, understudy; comedian, tragedian; ape, aper, ham, imitator, impressionist, masquerader, mime, mimic, pantomime, pantomimist, poser; buffoon, clown, harlequin, stooge, zany