| Main Entry: | understudy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
alternate, backup, double, fill-in, pinch hitter, replacement, reserve, stand-by, stand-in, sub, successor |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
Synonyms: |
amateur, artist, barnstormer, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham, hambone, headliner, idol, impersonator, ingénue, lead, mime, mimic, pantomimist, performer, play-actor, player, soubrette, stand-in, star, stooge, straight person, thesp, thespian, trouper, understudy, ventriloquist, villain, walk-on |
Antonyms: |
audience, fan |
| Main Entry: | attendant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who serves others |
Synonyms: |
aide, alarm clock, assistant, auxiliary, baby sitter, bird dog, chaperon, companion, custodian, domestic, escort, follower, guide, helper, lackey, nurse, orderly, secretary, servant, understudy, usher, waitperson |
Antonyms: |
boss, manager |
| Main Entry: | fill in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act as substitute |
Synonyms: |
deputize, insinuate, interject, interpose, replace, represent, stand in, substract, take the place of, understudy |
| Main Entry: | player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts in performance |
Synonyms: |
actor, bit player, entertainer, extra, ham, hambone, impersonator, lead, mime, mimic, performer, playactor, scene stealer, stand-in, star, thespian, trouper, understudy, walk-on |
Antonyms: |
director |
| Main Entry: | standby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
assistant, backup, deputy, double, fill-in, pinch-hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stalwart, stand-in, sub, successor, temp, temporary, understudy |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something that takes the place of another |
Synonyms: |
agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, changeling, delegate, deputy, dernier ressort, double, dummy, equivalent, expediency, expedient, fill-in, ghost, ghost writer, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, pinch-hitter, procurator, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, stand-in, standby, stopgap, sub, succedaneum, successor, supplanter, supply, surrogate, symbol, temp, temporary, temporary expedient, understudy, vicar |
Antonyms: |
permanent |
| Main Entry: | thespian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | actor, actress |
Synonyms: |
artist, bit player, character, entertainer, extra, ham, headliner, idol, lead, performer, play-actor, player, star, straight person, thesp, understudy |
| Main Entry: | second fiddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secondary role player |
Synonyms: |
back seat, benchwarmer, low man on totem pole, reserves, second banana, second string, second stringer, second team, secondary role, understudy |
| Main Entry: | stunt man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does stunts for an actor |
Synonyms: |
double, stand-in, stunt flier, stunt person, stunt woman, understudy |