role player
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Types & categories
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Sense 2 noun
a theatrical performer
Types & categories
- performer
- actress
- barnstormer
- character actor
- comedian
- ham actor
- heavy
- ingenue
- leading man
- mime
- plant
- reenactor
- scene-stealer
- screen actor
- principal
- extra
- tragedian
- understudy
- upstager
- walk-on
- Woody Allen
- Astaire
- Maurice Barrymore
- Lionel Barrymore
- Barrymore
- Bogart
- John Wilkes Booth
- Burbage
- Burton
- Cagney
- Chevalier
- Gary Cooper
- Noel Coward
- Cronyn
- Crosby
- James Dean
- De Niro
- Depardieu
- Drew
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Fairbanks
- Henry Fonda
- Clark Gable
- Garrick
- Mel Gibson
- Gielgud
- Cary Grant
- Granville-Barker
- Guinness
- Hanks
- Harrison
- Heming
- Dustin Hoffman
- Anthony Hopkins
- Howard
- Jolson
- Karloff
- Kean
- Keaton
- Gene Kelly
- Laughton
- Bruce Lee
- Lemmon
- Lloyd
- Lorre
- Lugosi
- Lunt
- Marshall
- Steve Martin
- James Mason
- Mitchum
- Dudley Moore
- Newman
- Olivier
- O'Toole
- Poitier
- Redford
- Ralph Richardson
- Edward G. Robinson
- Scott
- Sellers
- Sinatra
- Skinner
- Stanislavsky
- Stewart
- Strasberg
- Stroheim
- Tracy
- Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- Ustinov
- Wayne
- Welles
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bullshit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | beguiler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | name dropper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ringer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | roleplay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thespian |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | performer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | actress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | barnstormer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | character actor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | comedian |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ham actor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingenue |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leading man |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mime |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reenactor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scene-stealer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | screen actor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | principal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extra |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tragedian |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | understudy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | upstager |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk-on |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Woody Allen |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Astaire |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Maurice Barrymore |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lionel Barrymore |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Barrymore |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bogart |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | John Wilkes Booth |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Burbage |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Burton |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cagney |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Chevalier |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gary Cooper |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Noel Coward |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cronyn |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Crosby |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | James Dean |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | De Niro |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Depardieu |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Drew |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Douglas Fairbanks |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Fairbanks |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Henry Fonda |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Clark Gable |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Garrick |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mel Gibson |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gielgud |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cary Grant |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Granville-Barker |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Guinness |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hanks |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Harrison |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Heming |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dustin Hoffman |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Anthony Hopkins |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Howard |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jolson |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Karloff |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kean |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Keaton |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gene Kelly |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Laughton |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bruce Lee |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lemmon |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lloyd |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lorre |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lugosi |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Lunt |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Marshall |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Steve Martin |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | James Mason |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mitchum |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dudley Moore |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Newman |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Olivier |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | O'Toole |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Poitier |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Redford |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ralph Richardson |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Edward G. Robinson |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Scott |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sellers |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sinatra |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Skinner |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Stanislavsky |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Stewart |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Strasberg |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Stroheim |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tracy |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ustinov |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Wayne |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Welles |