Synonyms of actor

actor

noun

ˈak-tər 

1

as in actress

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

my sister went to drama school to become an actor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• actress
• performer
• entertainer
• thespian
• player
• comedian
• trouper
• impersonator
• thesp
• star
• mummer
• starlet
• enactor
• costar
• walk-on
• leading man
• leading lady
• tragedian
• monologuist
• double
• coactor
• personator
• tragedienne
• supernumerary
• farceur
• spear-carrier
• impressionist
• understudy
• barnstormer
• pantomimist
• buffoon
• clown
• poser
• prima donna
• lead
• mime
• masquerader
• pantomime
• imitator
• scene-stealer
• extra
• masker
• stooge
• ape
• harlequin
• aper
• ham
• mimic
• zany

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• novice
• nonactor
• nonprofessional

2

as in participant

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 & Similar Words

• participant
• player
• participator
• partner
• party
• sharer
• assistant
• aide
• helper
• partaker
• colleague
• accessory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• observer
• spectator
• bystander
• onlooker
• watcher
• nonparticipant
• wallflower
• looker-on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of actor

Adding to their view of Apu as just a caricature was that Hank Azaria, a white actor, voiced him. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

So keep the boxes and keep the cryptographic identity; an actor that cannot be named cannot be authorized. — Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

The latest accuser in the Russell Brand trial has alleged there were witnesses present when the actor and comedian assaulted her at a radio station premises in the mid-2000s. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park has revealed how the late Queen Elizabeth II backed his decision to keep Peter Sallis as the voice of Wallace when Hollywood executives suggested replacing the actor. — Sadie Andrew, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026