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actor

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Synonyms and Antonyms of actor

1 one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)

my sister went to drama school to become an actor

Synonyms of actor

impersonator, mummer, player, thesp, thespian, trouper

Words Related to actor

barnstormer, enactor, entertainer, performer

actress, starlet

lead, leading lady, leading man, star

coactor, costar

extra, spear-carrier, supernumerary, walk-on

monologuist (or monologist)

prima donna, scene-stealer

double, understudy

comedian, farceur

tragedian, tragedienne

ape, aper, ham, imitator, impressionist, masker, masquerader, mime, mimic, pantomime, pantomimist, personator, poser

buffoon, clown, harlequin, stooge, zany

Antonyms of actor

2 one who takes part in something

Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation

Synonyms of actor

partaker, participant, participator, party, player, sharer

Words Related to actor

accessory (also accessary), aide, assistant, helper

colleague, partner

Near Antonyms of actor

bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher

Antonyms of actor

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