Actor

Noun

 * 1) a person who performs in a theatrical play or film
 * 2) one who acts; a doer
 * 3) one who takes part in a situation
 * 4)  An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
 * 5)  One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
 * 6)  One who enacts a certain policy action.

Adjectives for Actor
daring; conspicuous; tragic; eminent; gesticulating; diligent; impulsive; distinguished; celebrated; obscure; godlike; prominent; inimitable; popular; expert; unschooled; recalcitrant; ham; strolling; itinerant; persuasive; consummate; competent; forth-right; character; skilled.

Verbs for Actor
applaud -; greet -; key up -; prompt -; -acquits; - administers; - affects; - apes; - blunders through; - burlesques; - conforms to; - appears; - evokes; - executes; - forces; - gesticulates; - impersonates; - interprets; - mimics; - narrates; - parrots; - performs; - personifies; - radiates; - recites; - spouts; - suggests; - wails,

Thesaurus
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; 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; walk-on; walking part; worker; Artful Dodger; Casanova; Don Juan; Machiavel; Machiavelli; Machiavellian; Roscius; actress; affecter; agent; antagonist; antihero; architect; author; bad guy; bamboozler; barnstormer; befuddler; beguiler; bit; bit part; cast; character; character actor; character man; character woman; charmer; child actor; counterfeiter; creator; cue; deceiver; deluder; diseur; diseuse; dissembler; dissimulator; dodger; doer; 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; 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;

Etymology
From actor:, from agere:. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ:, from ἄγω:.

Synonyms

 * actress, performer, player
 * doer
 * participant
 * complainant, plaintiff
 * role
 * role
 * role

Derived terms

 * straight actor
 * voice actor
 * actress

Related terms

 * act
 * acting
 * action
 * actress
 * actual
 * transaction

Translations

 * Afrikaans: akteur, aktrise
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: aktore, antzezle
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, actriu
 * Chechen: артист
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, , toneelspeler, toneelspeelster
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, שחקנית
 * Hindi: अभिनेता, अभिनेत्री
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: leikari (a man), leikkona (a woman)
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:, 役者,
 * Kashubian: teatrownik
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Maltese:, ,
 * Norwegian: skuespiller, skuespillerinne
 * Persian: بازیگر
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: actor, actriz ; ator , atriz
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , артистка
 * Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair, cleasaiche , ban-chleasaiche , ban-chluicheadair
 * Serbian: ,
 * Sinhalese: නළුවා /නිළිය ,රංගන ශිල්පියා /රංගන ශිල්පිනිය  ,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:, igralka
 * Sotho: sebapadi
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: నటుడు
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: diễn viên
 * Volapük: dramatan,  hidramatan,  jidramatan


 * Albanian: aktor, aktore , bërës , bërëse
 * Bulgarian: извършител
 * Chechen: артист
 * Finnish: tekijä, toimija
 * French: ,
 * German: Handelnde
 * Hungarian: cselekvő
 * Italian: attore, attice


 * Maltese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: деятель (d'éjat'el)
 * Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair, cleasaiche , ban-chleasaiche , ban-chluicheadair
 * Slovak: činiteľ
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chechen: артист
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Telugu: పాత్రధారి (pātradʰāri)


 * Bulgarian: тъжител

Anagrams

 * Croat

Noun

 * 1) actor

Related terms

 * actriz

Etymology
Agent noun formed from, perfect passive participle of ago:.

Noun

 * 1) doer
 * 2) actor

Related terms

 * āctiō
 * āctus
 * agitō

Descendants

 * English:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From actor:.

Noun

 * 1) actor person who performs in a theatrical play or movie

Noun

 * 1) actor

Etymology
From actor:, actoris.

Noun

 * 1) actor

Derived terms

 * actor voz
 * actriz voz

Related terms

 * acción
 * acto
 * actuar