actor

Meaning of actor

noun
  1. a person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.
  2. a participant in an action or process.
    employers are key actors within industrial relations

late Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’.

Information about actor

Hyphenation of actor

ac-tor

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • actor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

actor synonyms

Meaning histrion:

histrion, player, thespian

Meaning doer:

doer, worker

Meaning a person who entertains an audience:

performer

Meaning an actor or other entertainer, typically one with long experience:

trouper

Meaning a professional actor or actress:

theatrical

Meaning a person who creates paintings or drawings as a profession or hobby:

artist

Meaning a professional entertainer, especially a singer or dancer:

artiste

Meaning a woman whose profession is acting on stage, in films, or on television:

actress

Meaning an actor or actress, especially one who is particularly effusive or affected:

luvvie

Meaning melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention:

histrionic

Meaning a person whose job is to style and furnish properties for sale in such a way as to enhance their attractiveness to potential buyers:

stager

Translation of actor

Anagrams of actor

carot, coart, corta, Croat, croat, rocta, taroc, troca

Words that rhyme with actor

Actor, Factor, abactor, abstractor, attractor, autotractor, benefactor, bioreactor, calefactor, cephalotractor, chiropractor, coactor, cocontractor, coenactor, cofactor, compactor, contactor, contractor, cornfactor, counteractor, cryoextractor, detractor, distractor, effractor, enactor, exactor, extractor, factor, hydroextractor, hyperreactor, idemfactor, impactor, infractor, lithofractor, malefactor, manufactor, multifactor, nonactor, nonfactor, nonreactor, olfactor, photoreactor, playactor, postfactor, prefactor, proactor, protractor, reactor, redactor, refractor

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