underact

Questions about underact

What does underact mean?

underact means "act (a role) with great restraint".

How many syllables are in underact?

underact has 3 syllables and divides as un-de-ract under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for underact?

Close synonyms include underplay. 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.

What is the opposite of underact?

The recorded antonyms are overact.

Is underact a common word?

underact 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.