| Meaning | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. |
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| Synonyms | character, role, theatrical role, part |
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| Narrower | bit part, minor role | A small role |
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| heavy | A serious (or tragic) role in a play |
| hero | The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem |
| heroine | The main good female character in a work of fiction |
| ingenue | The role of an innocent artless young woman in a play |
| title role, name part | The role of the character after whom the play is named |
| villain, baddie | The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction |
| Broader | portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation | Acting the part of a character on stage |
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| Spanish | figura, papel, parte, personaje |
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| Catalan | paper, part, persona, personatge |
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| Verbs | impersonate | represent another person with comic intentions |
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| impersonate | assume or act the character of |
| personify | represent, as of a character on stage |
