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Thespian
| Main Entry: |
thespian
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| 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: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, tragicomic, vivid |
| Antonyms: | comedic, normal, ordinary, undramatic, unexciting, unmoving, usual |
| Main Entry: | histrionic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly dramatic |
| Synonyms: | melodramatic, overacting, overplayed, theatrical, thespian |
| Main Entry: | mimic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who imitates |
| Synonyms: | actor, caricaturist, comedian, copycat, imitator, impersonator, impressionist, mime, mummer, parodist, parrot, performer, playactor, player, thespian, trouper |
| 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: | theatrical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
| Synonyms: | affected, amateur, artificial, campy, ceremonious, comic, dramaturgic, exaggerated, ham, hammy, histrionic, legitimate, mannered, melodramatic, meretricious, operatic, ostentatious, pompous, schmaltzy, show, showy, staged, stilted, superficial, theatric, thespian, tragic, unnatural, unreal, vaudeville |
| Antonyms: | comedic, real, undramatic, untheatrical |
| Main Entry: | performer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
| Synonyms: | acrobat, actor, actress, aerosaltant, artist, artiste, contortionist, doer, equilibrist, funambulist, impersonator, mime, musician, player, star, thespian, trouper, tumbler, worker |
| Main Entry: | performer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainer |
| Synonyms: | acrobat, actor, actress, clown, comedian, comedienne, comic, dancer, ham, magician, mime, musician, player, singer, thespian, trouper |
| Main Entry: | theatric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, histrionical, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, spectacular, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid |
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