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actor
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Sense: Noun: theatrical performer

Synonyms:

actress , performer , player , artist , performance artist, star , movie star, film star, character , leading man, leading woman, leading lady, lead , thespian, entertainer, theatrical performer, member of the cast, superstar, television star, character actor, character actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, featured player, costar, co-star (UK), principal , protagonist, luvvy (slang), trouper, impersonator, mimic , mime, ventriloquist, pantomimist, masker, matinee idol, headliner, understudy, stand-in, extra , bit player, walk-on, film actor, stage actress, playactor, mummer (archaic), guest star

Sense: Noun: participant

Synonyms:

participant, participator, player , party , partaker

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'actor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

actress - artist - clown - comedian - copyist - counterfeiter - dancer - dissembler - doer - dramatis personae - entertainer - fourflusher - ham - masquerader - mime - mummer - participant - performer - player - spellbinder - talker - Thespian - tragedian

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