Synonyms for actor
ˈæk tərac·tor

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1. actornoun

   a person who performs in a theatrical play or film

   Synonyms:
   actress, player, performer

2. actornoun

   one who acts; a doer

   Synonyms:
   doer

3. actornoun

   one who takes part in a situation

   Synonyms:
   participant

4. actornoun

   The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).

   Synonyms:
   role

5. actornoun

   Synonyms:
   plaintiff, complainant

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1. actor

   In strict philosophical usage, the prime mover or doer of an act is the agent. Thus we speak of man as a voluntary agent, a free agent. But in common usage, especially in business, an agent is not the prime actor, but only an instrument or factor, acting under orders or instructions. Compare CAUSE.

   Synonyms:
   agent, doer, factor, instrument, means, mover, operator, performer, promoter

   Antonyms:
   chief, inventor, originator, principal

   Preposition:
   An agent of the company for selling, etc.

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1. actor

   Synonyms:
   doer, worker, agent, performer, principal, player, tragedian, comedian

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1. actor, histrion, player, thespian, role playernoun

   a theatrical performer

   Synonyms:
   histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, fake, faker, pretender, instrumentalist, pseud, role player, sham, musician, shammer, participant, player, impostor, worker, thespian, doer

2. actor, doer, workernoun

   a person who acts and gets things done

   "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"

   Synonyms:
   prole, player, role player, proletarian, doer, thespian, worker, histrion

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1. • Person

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1. actornoun

   Synonyms:
   doer, operator, agent

2. actornoun

   Synonyms:
   player, performer, comedian, tragedian, stage-player

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1. actornoun

   Synonyms:
   doer, participant, performer, comedian, tragedian, thespian, impersonator, personator, mime, mimic, pantomimist, barnstormer, hamfatter, supernumerary

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1. List of paraphrases for "actor":

   player, comedian, actress, agent, protagonist, performer, representative, actors, factor, stakeholder

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1. Keke Palmer:

   Before we get into the music tonight, we need to talk about the devastating loss of Chadwick Boseman, an actor whose talent and passion is a true inspiration to all the fans Chadwick Boseman touched and everyone Chadwick Boseman encountered.

2. Nic Pizzolatto:

   I always thought Vince was a great actor, from when he first broke in, doing these interesting and intense performances in the mid-’90s — I remember these independent dramas he was just great in, in his maturity I think he wears his history in a rugged, old-school manner. I see echoes of Robert Mitchum and James Garner in the kind of figure he cuts, and I think it’s going to be gratifying for people to see his skills put to this kind of use.

3. Lupita Nyong:

   As an actor for films, your eyes are a lot of the way you communicate anyway, so it was definitely a gift to have that be the means to her magic as a motion-capture character.

4. Marc Cherry:

   We were doing ‘Golden Palace’ and we had a character actor and he was having problems with his lines, he was in his mid-80s… We’re doing the second show in front of a live audience, this guy is really struggling, you can feel the audience getting irritated with him.

5. Ben Gazzara:

   One of the pleasures of being an actor is that it takes you places you wouldn't ordinarily go, and you don't enter as a tourist, you really enter the life of the place. You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented.