actor

Other forms of actor

plural

actors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about actor

What does actor mean?

actor means "a theatrical performer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in actor?

actor has 2 syllables: ac-tor. The stress falls on "ac". In IPA it is /ˈæktɚ/.

What is another word for actor?

Close synonyms include histrion, player, thespian, role player, doer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is actor a common word?

actor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with actor?

1 word rhymes with actor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.