name part

1. 1.

   the role of the character after whom the play is named

   Synonymstitle role

   Broadercharacter

Questions about name part

What does name part mean?

name part means "the role of the character after whom the play is named".

What is another word for name part?

Close synonyms include title role. 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 name part a common word?

name part 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.