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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one who plays roles in dramatic productions on stage, in films, or on radio and television.
Even as a child he dreamt of being an actor on the stage.
- synonyms:
- performer, player, thespian
- similar words:
- actress, ham, impersonator, mime, mimic, mummer, star, starlet, troupe
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| definition 2: |
one who acts or does.
The subject in a sentence is often the actor, the person or thing that carries out the action of the verb.- synonyms:
- doer, participant, party
- similar words:
- agent, functionary, operator, worker
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The word actor
contains the following parts:
act, ag
Latin
root
that means do, drive
  Example words:
action, activate, active, actively, activist, activity, actor, actress, actual, agency, agenda, agent, agile, agitate, enact, hyperactive, interact, interaction, interactive, radioactive, react, reaction, reactor, transaction
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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