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Actor

Actor Meaning & Definition
Actor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Actor?

[n]
[n] 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 | Synonyms for Actor: doer | histrion | player | role player | thespian | worker

Related Terms | Find terms related to Actor: actress | affecter | agent | antagonist | antihero | architect | Artful Dodger | author | bad guy | bamboozler | barnstormer | befuddler | beguiler | bit | bit part | Casanova | cast | character | character actor | character man | character woman | charmer | child actor | counterfeiter | creator | cue | deceiver | deluder | diseur | diseuse | dissembler | dissimulator | dodger | doer | Don Juan | double-dealer | dramatizer | duper | enchanter | entrancer | executant | executor | executrix | fabricator | fake | faker | fat part | feeder | foil | fooler | forger | fraud | gay deceiver | heavy | hero | heroine | histrio | histrion | hoaxer | hollow man | hypnotizer | impersonator | ingenue | jilt | jilter | joker | jokester | juvenile | kidder | lead | lead role | leading lady | leading man | leading woman | leg-puller | lines | Machiavel | Machiavelli | Machiavellian | mainstay | maker | man of straw | mannerist | matinee idol | medium | mesmerizer | mime | mimer | mimic | misleader | monologist | mover | mummer | operant | operative | operator | pantomime | pantomimist | paper tiger | part | partaker | participator | party | performer | perpetrator | person | personage | phony | piece | plagiarist | plagiarizer | playactor | player | practical joker | practitioner | pretender | prime mover | producer | protagonist | protean actor | ragger | reciter | role | role-player | Roscius | seducer | sharer | side | soubrette | spoofer | stage performer | stage player | stooge | straight man | straight part | straw man | stroller | strolling player | subject | supporter | supporting character | supporting role | sustainer | tease | teaser | theatrical | thespian | title role | trouper | upholder | utility man | villain | walking part | walk-on | worker

See Also | actress | Al Jolson | Alec Guinness | Allen | Allen Stewart Konigsberg | animator | Anthony Hopkins | Arthur John Gielgud | Asa Yoelson | Astaire | ball of fire | barnstormer | Barrymore | Bing Crosby | Bogart | Booth | Burbage | Burton | busy bee | Cagney | Cary Grant | character actor | Chevalier | Clark Gable | comedian | Cooper | Coward | Crosby | David Garrick | De Niro | Dean | demon | Depardieu | Douglas Elton Fairbanks | Douglas Fairbanks | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Drew | Dustin Hoffman | eager beaver | energiser | energizer | extra | Fairbanks | fireball | Fonda | Frank Cooper | Fred Astaire | Gable | Garrick | Gary Cooper | Gerard Depardieu | Gibson | Gielgud | go-getter | Grant | Granville-Barker | Guinness | ham | ham actor | Hanks | Harley Granville-Barker | Harrison | Harry Lillis Crosby | heavy | Heming | Hemminge | Henry Fonda | Herbert Blythe | Hoffman | Hopkins | Howard | human | human dynamo | Humphrey Bogart | Humphrey DeForest Bogart | individual | ingenue | James Byron Dean | James Cagney | James Dean | Jimmy Cagney | John Barrymore | John Drew | John Heming | John Hemminge | John Wilkes Booth | Jolson | Julius Ullman | lead | leading man | Leslie Howard | Leslie Howard Stainer | Lionel Barrymore | live wire | man of action | man of deeds | Maurice Barrymore | Maurice Chevalier | Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson | Mel Gibson | mime | mimer | mortal | mummer | Noel Coward | pantomimer | pantomimist | performer | performing artist | person | plant | playactor | powerhouse | principal | Reginald Carey Harrison | Rex Harrison | Richard Burbage | Richard Burton | Robert De Niro | scene-stealer | sharpie | sharpy | Sir Alec Guinness | Sir Anthony Hopkins | Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins | Sir John Gielgud | Sir Noel Pierce Coward | Sir Rex Harrison | somebody | someone | soul | spear carrier | standby | star | supernumerary | Thomas J. Hanks | Tom Hanks | tragedian | trouper | understudy | upstager | vitaliser | vitalizer | walk-on | whiz-kid | whizz-kid | William Clark Gable | Woody Allen

Actor In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"tor\, n. [L. actor, fr. agere to act.] 1. One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer. 2. A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. --Shak. 3. (Law) (a) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. --Jacobs. (b) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

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