ham actor

1. 1.

   an unskilled actor who overacts

   Synonymsham

   Broaderactor

Questions about ham actor

What does ham actor mean?

ham actor means "an unskilled actor who overacts".

What is another word for ham actor?

Close synonyms include ham. 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 ham actor a common word?

ham actor is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.