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Noun

S: (n) understudy, standby (an actor able to replace a regular performer when required)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player (a theatrical performer)

S: (n) actress (a female actor)
S: (n) barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper (an actor who travels around the country presenting plays)
S: (n) character actor (an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles)
S: (n) comedian (an actor in a comedy)
S: (n) ham, ham actor (an unskilled actor who overacts)
S: (n) heavy (an actor who plays villainous roles)
S: (n) ingenue (an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl)
S: (n) leading man (actor who plays the leading male role)
S: (n) mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist (an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression)
S: (n) plant (an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience)
S: (n) reenactor (a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier)
S: (n) scene-stealer (an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene) "babies are natural scene-stealers"
S: (n) screen actor, movie actor (an actor who plays a role in a film)
S: (n) star, principal, lead (an actor who plays a principal role)
S: (n) supernumerary, spear carrier, extra (a minor actor in crowd scenes)
S: (n) tragedian (an actor who specializes in tragic roles)
S: (n) understudy, standby (an actor able to replace a regular performer when required)
S: (n) upstager (a selfish actor who upstages the other actors)
S: (n) walk-on (plays a small part in a dramatic production)
S: (n) Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg (United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-))
S: (n) Astaire, Fred Astaire (United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987))
S: (n) Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe (United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905))
S: (n) Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore (United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954))
S: (n) Barrymore, John Barrymore (United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942))
S: (n) Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart (United States film actor (1899-1957))
S: (n) Booth, John Wilkes Booth (United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865))
S: (n) Burbage, Richard Burbage (English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619))
S: (n) Burton, Richard Burton (Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984))
S: (n) Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney (United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986))
S: (n) Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier (French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972))
S: (n) Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper (United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961))
S: (n) Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward (English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973))
S: (n) Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn (Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003))
S: (n) Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby (United States singer and film actor (1903-1977))
S: (n) Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean (United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955))
S: (n) De Niro, Robert De Niro (United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943))
S: (n) Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu (French film actor (born in 1948))
S: (n) Drew, John Drew (United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862))
S: (n) Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman (United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939))
S: (n) Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000))
S: (n) Fonda, Henry Fonda (United States film actor (1905-1982))
S: (n) Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable (United States film actor (1901-1960))
S: (n) Garrick, David Garrick (English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779))
S: (n) Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956))
S: (n) Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud (English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000))
S: (n) Grant, Cary Grant (United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986))
S: (n) Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker (English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946))
S: (n) Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness (English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000))
S: (n) Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks (United States film actor (born in 1956))
S: (n) Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison (English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990))
S: (n) Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge (English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630))
S: (n) Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman (versatile United States film actor (born in 1937))
S: (n) Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins (Welsh film actor (born in 1937))
S: (n) Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer (English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943))
S: (n) Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson (United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950))
S: (n) Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt (United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969))
S: (n) Kean, Edmund Kean (English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833))
S: (n) Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton (United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966))
S: (n) Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly (United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996))
S: (n) Laughton, Charles Laughton (United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962))
S: (n) Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam (United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973))
S: (n) Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler (United States film actor (1925-2001))
S: (n) Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd (United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971))
S: (n) Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein (United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964))
S: (n) Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko (United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956))
S: (n) Lunt, Alfred Lunt (United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977))
S: (n) Marshall, E. G. Marshall (United States actor (1914-1998))
S: (n) Martin, Steve Martin (United States actor and comedian (born in 1945))
S: (n) Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason (English film actor (1909-1984))
S: (n) Mitchum, Robert Mitchum (United States film actor (1917-1997))
S: (n) Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore (English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935))
S: (n) Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman (United States film actor (born in 1925))
S: (n) Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton (English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989))
S: (n) O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole (British actor (born in Ireland in 1932))
S: (n) Poitier, Sidney Poitier (United States film actor and director (born in 1927))
S: (n) Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford (United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936))
S: (n) Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson (British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983))
S: (n) Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson (United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973))
S: (n) Scott, George C. Scott (award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999))
S: (n) Sellers, Peter Sellers (English comic actor (1925-1980))
S: (n) Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra (United States singer and film actor (1915-1998))
S: (n) Skinner, Otis Skinner (United States actor (1858-1942))
S: (n) Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev (Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938))
S: (n) Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart (United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997))
S: (n) Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg (United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982))
S: (n) Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim (United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957))
S: (n) Tracy, Spencer Tracy (United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967))
S: (n) Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917))
S: (n) Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov (British actor and playwright (1921-2004))
S: (n) Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne (United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979))
S: (n) Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles (United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985))

derivationally related form

W: (v) understudy [Related to: understudy] (be an understudy or alternate for a role)

derivationally related form
Overview

S: (n) understudy, standby (an actor able to replace a regular performer when required)

S: (v) understudy, alternate (be an understudy or alternate for a role)

synset

W: (v) stand by [Related to: standby] (be available or ready for a certain function or service)

Verb

S: (v) understudy, alternate (be an understudy or alternate for a role)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
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