dramatis personae

1. 1.

   the actors in a play

   Synonymscastcast of characters

   Broadergathering

   Narrowerensemble

   Part ofcompany

Questions about dramatis personae

What does dramatis personae mean?

dramatis personae means "the actors in a play".

What is another word for dramatis personae?

Close synonyms include cast, cast of characters. 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 dramatis personae a common word?

dramatis personae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.