| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | big name, celeb, entertainer, headliner, hero, lion*, luminary, notability, notable, personality, somebody, star, superstar |
| Antonyms: | unknown |
| Main Entry: | prima donna |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principal female performer |
| Synonyms: | diva, first lady, headliner, lead vocalist, leading lady, opera singer, singer, soloist, star, superstar, superwoman, topliner |
| Main Entry: | star |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is famous |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, draw*, favorite, headliner, hero, idol, lead, leading role, luminary, name, starlet, superstar, topliner |
| Antonyms: | commoner |
| 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: | big name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | somebody famous |
| Synonyms: | big star, captain of industry, celebrity, headliner, heavyweight, idol, megastar, mogul, nabob, panjandrum, person to be reckoned with, star, superstar, topliner, very important person, well-known person |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
anonymous, cognominal, disquiparant, eponymous, euonymous, having no name, hight, innominate, known as, misnamed, named, nameless, ne, nee, nominal, nuncupative, nuncupatory, onymatic, onymous, orismological, polyonymous, pseudepigraphous, pseudonymous, scilicet, self, self, soi, theophoric, titular, unnamed, veritable, videlicet, what one may fairly call, what one may fitly call, what one may properly call, what one may well call, without a name, yclept
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