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Antonyms for actor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ak-ter |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk tər |
Definition of actor
Origin :- late 14c., "an overseer, guardian, steward," from Latin actor "an agent or doer," also "theatrical player," from past participle stem of agere (see act (n.)). Mid-15c. as "a doer, maker," also "a plaintiff." Sense of "one who performs in plays" is 1580s, originally applied to both men and women.
- noun person who performs, entertains by role-playing
- One common grave, according to Garrick, covers the actor and his art.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- It was all in his favour that he should have been forced at first to win his spurs as an actor.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Could anything be more dull than the life of an actor in a repertory theatre?
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- All these actor cheps know it, so of course 'e'd 'a' known abaht it, too.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Montigny had been an actor, and was plump and good-humoured.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- However that may be, it is certain that the actor is jealous of the actress.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- No French actor could have done it better than nature did it for him.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I thoroughly enjoyed this struggle between the man and the actor.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- He also went to the theater, although he thought it unworthy of a Roman to be an actor.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- Molire's training as an actor does affect the dramaturgic quality of his comedies.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
Synonyms for actor
- amateur
- artist
- barnstormer
- bit player
- character
- clown
- comedian
- entertainer
- extra
- foil
- ham
- hambone
- headliner
- idol
- impersonator
- ingenue
- lead
- mime
- mimic
- pantomimist
- performer
- play-actor
- player
- soubrette
- stand-in
- star
- stooge
- straight person
- thesp
- thespian
- trouper
- understudy
- ventriloquist
- villain
- walk-on
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