Synonyms of roles

roles

noun

variants also rôles

plural of role

as in tasks

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists

studying the role of sunlight in the body's production of vitamin D

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tasks
• purposes
• jobs
• functions
• parts
• works
• positions
• capacities
• places
• missions
• businesses
• duties
• activities
• responsibilities
• concerns
• involvements
• hands
• situations
• vocations
• occupations
• services
• offices
• affairs
• participations
• assignments
• posts
• pursuits
• niches
• callings
• uses
• commissions
• employs
• charges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roles

Omar most recently served as acting CFO of Peraton, following more than a decade in senior finance leadership roles across the company and its predecessor organizations. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Hyundai has also committed to employing 8,100 human workers in full-time roles at Metaplant America by 2031 as part of its economic development deal with Georgia. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

More than half of them (60 percent) said IT and tech specialists are the most difficult roles to fill, even more than quality assurance staff (49 percent) and management (39 percent). — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

But unlike the best of Ferrell’s earlier roles, Hawkins’s eccentricities feel like surface-level strangeness, connected to nothing surprising or soulful underneath. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Konkle and Burns will both be series regulars, while Kittles, Reed, Nolan and Scheer will have recurring roles. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 July 2026

Marino has built a decades-long career across film and television with standout roles in Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Veronica Mars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Black Monday, The Afterparty, The Residence and Running Point. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Women are stepping back from leadership roles, withdrawing from opportunities, and quietly losing trust in their own judgment in response to a biological event nobody told them was biological. — Dr. Sarah Berg, Time, 9 July 2026

In heavily recurring roles, OG series star David Chokachi reprises his role of Cody Madison, Livvy Dunne guest stars as junior lifeguard Grace, Mary McDonnell as Gayle and John Beckwith as Julian. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2026