Synonyms for role
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1. function, office, part, rolenoun

   the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

   "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"

   Synonyms:
   billet, berth, constituent, place, spot, social occasion, bureau, portion, procedure, office staff, function, section, share, post, piece, component, character, subroutine, division, part, authority, purpose, position, subprogram, power, government agency, theatrical role, agency, mapping, contribution, business office, use, region, single-valued function, persona, routine, social function, parting, percentage, affair, situation, office, component part, mathematical function, occasion, map, federal agency, voice

2. character, role, theatrical role, part, personanoun

   an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

   "she played the part of Desdemona"

   Synonyms:
   graphic symbol, type, reference, case, piece, eccentric, fictitious character, theatrical role, portion, fibre, function, grapheme, section, quality, constituent, fictional character, share, character, division, part, purpose, fiber, contribution, component, use, region, image, persona, component part, percentage, parting, character reference, office, lineament, voice

3. function, purpose, role, usenoun

   what something is used for

   "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"

   Synonyms:
   utilisation, habit, usage, routine, social occasion, manipulation, theatrical role, use of goods and services, procedure, function, occasion, character, subroutine, part, determination, aim, usance, purpose, enjoyment, subprogram, employment, mapping, use, consumption, single-valued function, persona, intention, economic consumption, intent, social function, exercise, affair, office, mathematical function, map, utilization, design

4. rolenoun

   normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting

   "what is your role on the team?"

   Synonyms:
   theatrical role, use, character, part, persona, purpose, function, office

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Duty
   • Portrayal
   • Utility

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "role":

   function, roles, feature, part, paper, rôle, functions, task, rolle, roll, contribution, papel, rol, importance, player, involvement, place

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1. Leslie Rutledge:

   Tim Griffin is a fierce advocate for Arkansas's conservative values - our military, law enforcement, and rule of law. Having been the Attorney General for over 6 years, I personally know the importance of the role in which every decision I make impacts 3 million Arkansans daily and the enormous responsibility I have to proactively protect and defend our constitutional rights against the aggressive liberal agenda of the Biden-Harris Administration, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, i wish Tim and his family the best.

2. Luis Garicano:

   Given the large demand for safe assets, the exclusive use of these euro safe assets for liquidity purposes at banks ... and their role as the main instrument of monetary policy, this will be a highly liquid market.

3. Martha Desmond:

   This is devastating. Climate charge is playing a role in this. we lost 3 billion birds in the US since 1970 and we've also seen a tremendous decline in insects, so an event like this is terrifying to these populations and it's devastating to see.

4. Adam Scott:

   The dad's role is really blurring with the mom's role, you see hipster dads and it's almost like it's a masculine thing to do to take on what used to be thought of as motherly duties.

5. John Muller:

   This is important because so many kids are looking up to these superheroes as positive role models and people they want to act like.