English > player: 5 senses > noun 2, person Meaning | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession). |
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Synonyms | musician, instrumentalist |
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Member of | musical organization, musical organisation, musical group | An organization of musicians who perform together |
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Narrower | accompanist, accompanyist | A person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) |
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accordionist | A musician who plays the accordion |
bandsman | A player in a band (especially a military band) |
bassist | A musician who play the bass viol |
bassoonist | A musician who plays the bassoon |
bell ringer | someone who plays musical handbells |
carillonneur | A musician who plays a carillon |
cellist, violoncellist | someone who plays a violoncello |
clarinetist, clarinettist | A musician who plays the clarinet |
concertinist | A person who plays the concertina |
flutist, flautist, flute player | someone who plays the flute |
gambist | A musician who performs upon the viola da gamba |
guitarist, guitar player | A musician who plays the guitar |
harmonizer, harmoniser | A musician who sings or plays in harmony |
harpist, harper | someone who plays the harp |
harpsichordist | someone who plays the harpsichord |
hornist | A musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn) |
jazz musician, jazzman | A musician / musician who plays or composes jazz / jazz music |
keyboardist | A musician who plays a keyboard instrument |
koto player | A musician who plays the koto |
lutist, lutanist, lutenist | A musician who plays the lute |
oboist | A musician who plays the oboe |
organist | A person who plays an organ |
percussionist | A musician who plays percussion instruments |
pianist, piano player | A person who plays the piano |
piper, bagpiper | someone who plays the bagpipe |
recorder player | someone who plays the recorder |
rhythm and blues musician | A performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music |
rocker, rock 'n' roll musician | A performer or composer or fan of rock music |
saxophonist, saxist | A musician who plays the saxophone |
singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser | A person who sings |
sitar player | A musician who plays the sitar |
soloist | A musician who performs a solo |
trombonist, trombone player | A musician who plays the trombone |
trumpeter, cornetist | A musician who plays the trumpet or cornet |
vibist, vibraphonist | A musician who plays the vibraphone |
violinist, fiddler | A musician who plays the violin |
violist | A musician who plays the viola |
Broader | performer, performing artist | An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience |
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Spanish | instrumentista, músico |
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Catalan | instrumentista, músic |
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Verbs | play | play on an instrument |
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English > player: 5 senses > noun 3, person Meaning | A theatrical performer. |
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Synonyms | actor, histrion, thespian, role player |
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Instances | Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg | United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) |
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Astaire, Fred Astaire | United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987) |
Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe | United States actor |
Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore | United States actor |
Barrymore, John Barrymore | United States actor |
Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart | United States film actor (1899-1957) |
Booth, John Wilkes Booth | United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) |
Burbage, Richard Burbage | English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619) |
Burton, Richard Burton | Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) |
Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney | United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough / tough characters (1899-1986) |
Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier | French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) |
Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper | United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) |
Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward | English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) |
Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn | Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003) |
Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby | United States singer and film actor (1904-1977) |
De Niro, Robert De Niro | United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) |
Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean | United States film / film actor whose moody rebellious / rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) |
Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu | French film actor (born in 1948) |
Drew, John Drew | United States actor (born in Ireland) |
Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman | United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939) |
Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | United States film actor |
Fonda, Henry Fonda | United States film actor (1905-1982) |
Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable | United States film actor (1901-1960) |
Garrick, David Garrick | English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779) |
Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson | Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) |
Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud | English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000) |
Grant, Cary Grant | United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) |
Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker | English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946) |
Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness | English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000) |
Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks | United States film actor (born in 1956) |
Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison | English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990) |
Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge | English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630) |
Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman | versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) |
Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins | Welsh film actor (born in 1937) |
Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer | English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943) |
Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson | United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950) |
Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt | United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969) |
Kean, Edmund Kean | English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) |
Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton | United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) |
Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly | United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) |
Laughton, Charles Laughton | United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962) |
Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam | United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) |
Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler | United States film actor (1925-2001) |
Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd | United States comic actor in silent films |
Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein | United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964) |
Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko | United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956) |
Lunt, Alfred Lunt | United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977) |
Marshall, E. G. Marshall | United States actor (1914-1998) |
Martin, Steve Martin | United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) |
Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason | English film actor (1909-1984) |
Mitchum, Robert Mitchum | United States film actor (1917-1997) |
Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore | English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935) |
Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman | United States film actor (born in 1925) |
O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole | British actor (born in Ireland in 1932) |
Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton | English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989) |
Poitier, Sidney Poitier | United States film actor and director (born in 1927) |
Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford | United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) |
Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson | British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) |
Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson | United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973) |
Scott, George C. Scott | award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999) |
Sellers, Peter Sellers | English comic actor (1925-1980) |
Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra | United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) |
Skinner, Otis Skinner | United States actor (1858-1942) |
Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev | Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938) |
Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart | United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997) |
Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg | United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982) |
Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim | United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957) |
Tracy, Spencer Tracy | United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967) |
Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree | English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) |
Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov | British actor and playwright (1921-2004) |
Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne | United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979) |
Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles | United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985) |
Narrower | actress | A female actor |
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barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper | An actor who travels around the country presenting plays |
character actor | An actor who specializes in playing supporting roles |
comedian | An actor in a comedy |
ham, ham actor | An unskilled actor who overacts |
heavy | An actor who plays villainous roles |
ingenue | An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl |
leading man | actor who plays the leading male role |
mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist | An actor who communicates / communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression |
plant | An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience |
reenactor | A person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier |
scene-stealer | An actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene / scene |
screen actor, movie actor | An actor who plays a role in a film |
star, principal, lead | An actor who plays a principal role |
supernumerary, spear carrier, extra | A minor actor in crowd scenes / scenes |
tragedian | An actor who specializes in tragic roles |
understudy, standby | An actor able to replace a regular performer when required |
upstager | A selfish actor who upstages the other actors |
walk-on | Plays a small part in a dramatic production |
Broader | performer, performing artist | An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience |
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Spanish | actor dramático, actor, actriz, actuación, artista, comediante, ejecutor teatral, histrionista, histrión, intérprete |
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Catalan | actor, actriu, comediant, histrió, intèrpret |
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Verbs | play | play a role or part |
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play | perform on a stage or theater |