Actor in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Actor

You can make 40 words from 'actor' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 5 letters words from 'actor'
• 4 letters words from 'actor'
• 3 letters words from 'actor'
• 2 letters words from 'actor'

5 letters words from 'actor'

ACTOR 7

TAROC 7

4 letters words from 'actor'

ACRO 6	ARCO 6
ATOC 6	CART 6
COAT 6	OCTA 6
ORCA 6	RATO 4
ROTA 4	TACO 6
TARO 4	TORA 4
TORC 6

3 letters words from 'actor'

ACT 5	ARC 5
ART 3	CAR 5
CAT 5	COR 5
COT 5	OAR 3
OAT 3	OCA 5
ORA 3	ORC 5
ORT 3	RAT 3
ROC 5	ROT 3
TAO 3	TAR 3
TOC 5	TOR 3

2 letters words from 'actor'

AR 2	AT 2
OR 2	TA 2
TO 2

Definitions and meaning of actor

actor

Alternative forms

• acter (uncommon)
• actour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English actor, from Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act +‎ -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.tɚ/
• Homophone: acter
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

actor (plural actors, feminine actress)

1. A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film.
2. One who acts; a doer.
3. One who takes part in a situation.
4. (law) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
5. (law) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
6. (policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
7. (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
8. (linguistics, grammar) The most agent-like argument of a clause, e.g. 'the torpedo' in "The torpedo sank the boat" and "The torpedo fired".

Usage notes

• In the sense of a person who acts in a play or film, the traditional sense of the word only applied to male actors; the term actress being used for the female counterpart.

Synonyms

• (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): performer, player
• (one who acts): doer
• (one who takes part): participant
• (advocate in civil courts or cases):
• (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
• (one who enacts a policy action)
• (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role

Antonyms

• (grammatical role): undergoer

Hyponyms

• (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): actress f
• enactor
• reenactor

Derived terms

• character actor
• nonstate actor
• straight actor
• voice actor

Related terms

Descendants

• → Scottish Gaelic: actair
• → Welsh: actor

Translations

Further reading

• actor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• actor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• actor at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Croat, Croat., carto-, rocta, taroc

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. An actor.

Related terms

• actriz

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əkˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /akˈtoɾ/

Noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)

1. An actor.

Related terms

• actuar

Further reading

• “actor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.tɔr/
• Hyphenation: ac‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɑktɔr

Noun

actor m (plural actores or actoren, diminutive actortje n)

1. An actor; an agent, a player, who has a part in some field of economical, social or other action, i.e. an active human factor.

Related terms

• acteur
• actie
• activiteit
• agenda
• agens
• ageren
• agitatie
• agitator
• reactor

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Latin

Etymology

Agent noun formed from āctus +‎ -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːk.tor/, [ˈäːkt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈak.tor/, [ˈɑkt̪ɔr]

Noun

āctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension

1. A doer.
2. An actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie).
3. A (law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• āctiō
• āctrīx
• āctus
• agitō

Descendants

References

• actor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• actor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• actor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• actor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• actor in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• actor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• actor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• actor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Middle English

Noun

actor

1. Alternative form of actour

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

Noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actritz, feminine plural actrises)

1. An actor.

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Portuguese

Noun

actor m (plural actores)

1. Superseded spelling of ator.

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• aftor (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akˈtor/

Noun

actor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță)

1. (acting) An actor.

Declension

Synonyms

• artist, interpret

Derived terms

• actoraș
• actoricesc
• actorie

See also

• teatralist

References

• actor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Scots

Etymology

From English actor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaktər/

Noun

actor (plural actors)

1. An actor.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin actor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈtoɾ/, [aɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
• Hyphenation: act‧or
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

actor m (plural actores, feminine actriz or actora, feminine plural actrices or actoras)

1. An actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)

Derived terms

• actor de voz
• actor porno

Related terms

• acción
• acto
• actoral
• actuar

Noun

actor m (plural actores, feminine actora, feminine plural actoras)

1. (law) A defendant.

Further reading

• “actor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• corta
• tocar

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Welsh

Etymology

From English actor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaktɔr/

Noun

actor m (plural actorion)

1. An actor.

Coordinate terms

• actores (“actress”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “actor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Source: wiktionary.org

• a theatrical performer.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)