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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How to use actor in a sentence?

1. Nicolas Cage:

   To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dr. John H. Watson, referring to Sherlock Holmes, in "A Scandal in Bohemia":

   The stage lost a fine actor, just as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime.

3. Entertainment Weekly:

   12 Years a Slave, as an actor for films, your eyes are a lot of the way you communicate anyway.

4. Billy Crudup:

   And this kind of creative analysis of how people navigate difficult times together in high pressure jobs so you can make it dramatic, they are still navigating the same things that everyone else is navigating. and I can't imagine a better iteration of being an actor than getting to do that.

5. Matthew Perry:

   Jobs like this( ‘ The Kennedy’s - After Camelot ’) and writing … they are more interesting to me, he told us. I don't even know how many episodes of sitcoms I’ve done, but I’ve done a lot of them and this stuff is more interesting. The actor said he took on the role because it posed a challenge. I took this job because it scared me. I read the first four scripts and the portrayal scared me.