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. Nic Pizzolatto:

   You can’t really judge an actor’s abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a profit, and no artist is less in charge of how their work is presented than an actor, the appeal of Vince was that within a great naturalism, he can convey fierce intelligence, complex emotion, and a real warmth married to a real edge, strength and vulnerability and danger and humor. There are essential contradictions at work that makes him fascinating to watch.

2. James Dean:

   An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.

3. Laurie Smith:

   I have known him for years. He was an amazing, very, very talented actor and very sweet person, i was really shocked and very sad. I'm still shocked.

4. Utah Kate Lyn Sheil:

   The way I do prepare as an actor is usually a much more private affair, so there is a performative quality to all of that stuff, you have to take something that is internal and externalize it, because Robert needed to see it for the camera.

5. Hulton Archive/Getty Images:

   But every actor has that issue, people formulate an opinion about you and expect you to be a particular way. And when you’re not that way, they’re disappointed. They don’t quite understand it. That was an issue I was faced with.