Synonyms of actors

actors

noun

plural of actor

1

as in performers

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

• performers
• actresses
• entertainers
• thespians
• players
• thesps
• troupers
• comedians
• impersonators
• mummers
• stars
• starlets
• enactors
• costars
• supernumeraries
• spear-carriers
• leading men
• tragedians
• leading ladies
• coactors
• personators
• extras
• barnstormers
• impressionists
• buffoons
• monologuists
• farceurs
• hams
• doubles
• understudies
• clowns
• posers
• masqueraders
• mimes
• prima donnas
• scene-stealers
• walk-ons
• imitators
• stooges
• maskers
• apes
• apers
• pantomimes
• leads
• pantomimists
• harlequins
• tragediennes
• mimics
• zanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonactors

2

as in participants

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

• participants
• participators
• players
• partners
• parties
• sharers
• assistants
• partakers
• helpers
• aides
• accessories
• colleagues

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• observers
• spectators
• bystanders
• nonparticipants
• onlookers
• watchers
• lookers-on
• wallflowers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of actors

Yet for the actors who brought them to life, some of their most memorable roles didn’t come with a big paycheck. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2026

The initiative will target foreign adversaries and domestic actors who exploit advanced systems for unlawful purposes. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

One option for overhauling the committee, according to people familiar with the situation, is broadening its focus beyond China to explore issues related to other bad foreign actors. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026

In Season 1, 500 Iqaluit locals (from a population of around 8,000), including the mayor, appeared as background actors, while the production employed more than 300 Canadian crew members and over 225 vendors, more than 60 of them from Nunavut. — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

That also allows actors to be completely free in their performance. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

But this daffy mix of buddy comedy and conspiracy thriller benefits from his facility with dialogue that’s just south of screwball, as well as the mutual admiration society between McDonagh and actors. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

Chang, who is currently serving as Chair of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, gave the six young actors a few career tips. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026

The project will pair Kaye with up-and-coming actors and filmmakers from the university and Leicester’s wider creative scene, and the production is taking an experimental, collaborative route. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026