Synonyms for playactor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pley-akt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪˌækt |
Top 10 synonyms for playactor Other synonyms for the word playactor
- attitudinizer
- bit player
- bluffer
- bum
- bunco artist
- caricaturist
- casuist
- character
- charlatan
- cheat
- comedian
- con artist
- copycat
- counterfeit
- counterfeiter
- crook
- deceiver
- decoy
- dissembler
- dissimulator
- entertainer
- extra
- fake
- faker
- flimflammer
- foil
- four-flusher
- fraud
- ham
- hambone
- headliner
- hook
- hoser
- humbug
- idol
- imitator
- impersonator
- impostor
- impressionist
- informer
- ingenue
- lead
- lip server
- malingerer
- masquerader
- mimic
- mountebank
- mummer
- pantomimist
- parodist
- parrot
- performer
- pharisee
- phony
- play-actor
- playactor
- player
- poser
- pretender
- pseudo
- put-on
- quack
- quacksalver
- scene stealer
- sham
- shammer
- shark
- sharp
- simulator
- slicker
- smoothie
- sophist
- soubrette
- stand-in
- stooge
- straight person
- swindler
- thesp
- thespian
- trickster
- trouper
- two-face
- two-timer
- understudy
- ventriloquist
- walk-on
- whip
- wolf in sheep's clothing
Définition of playactor
- As in mimic : noun person who imitates
- As in player : noun person who acts in performance
- As in quack : noun person who pretends to be an expert
- As in thespian : noun actor, actress
- As in actor : noun person who performs, entertains by role-playing
- As in tartuffe : noun hypocrite
- As in hypocrite : noun person who pretends, is deceitful
- I'm sure you can be as comical as any playactor when you choose!
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 107, September 22nd, 1894 » by Various
- To which the Shepherd replies: What can ye expec frae a playactor?
- Extract from : « The Collector » by Henry T. Tuckerman
- Ein Komdiant knnt' einen Pfarren lehren—A 20 playactor might instruct a parson.
- Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
Antonyms for playactor
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