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

In the Harry Potter movies, multiple actors portray the antagonist at various ages. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Borden entertained O’Neil and other actors at her Maplecroft mansion in Fall River. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

The rest of The Disappearers tries to grasp the trauma visited upon the actors. — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, the writers and actors warning you about consolidation do not live in the world. — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Director McDonagh, and actors John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi and Parker Posey were among those up on stage to discuss the dark comedy, whose Oscar buzz has been building. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026

Live actors would appear throughout, sometimes as gangsters in a noir crime movie, and sometimes as Wild West cowboys. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

The film’s procedural aspect ticks along just fine, holding the attention without subverting expectations, and carried by actors who, much like the detectives in this case, are ultra-capable professionals with no inclination to go rogue on us. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Our distinguished community of musical-theater actors deserves greater challenges and if theaters don’t train audiences to take a risk on newer material, its embrace will be yet harder in generations to come. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026