| NOUN | act | role, function, office, part | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group |
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| cognition | role, character, theatrical role, part, persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play | |
| attribute | role, function, purpose, use | what something is used for | |
| act | role | normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting |
| Sounds | row'l | |
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| Rhymes | amphibole ... whole: 76 rhymes with owl... | |
| Meaning | The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. | |
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| Example | "play its role" | |
| Synonyms | function, office, part | |
| Narrower | capacity | A specified function |
| hat | An informal term for a person's role | |
| portfolio | The role of the head of a government department | |
| second fiddle | A secondary role or function | |
| stead, position, place, lieu | The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | |
| Broader | duty | Work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons |
| Spanish | cargo, función, ministerio, oficio, papel, parte, rol | |
| Catalan | funció, paper, part, rol | |
| Meaning | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. | |
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| Synonyms | character, theatrical role, part, persona | |
| Narrower | bit part, minor role | A small role |
| 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 |
| Spanish | figura, papel, parte, personaje | |
| Catalan | paper, part, persona, personatge | |
| Meaning | What something is used for. | |
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| Synonyms | function, purpose, use | |
| Attributes | functional | designed for or capable of a particular function or use |
| nonfunctional | not having or performing a function | |
| Narrower | raison d'etre | The purpose that justifies a thing's existence |
| Broader | utility, usefulness | The quality of being of practical use |
| Spanish | función, papel, propósito, uso | |
| Catalan | funció, propòsit | |
| Meaning | normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting. | |
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| Example | "what is your role on the team?" | |
| Narrower | gender role | The overt expression / expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness |
| position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | papel, rol, rol social | |
| Catalan | rol | |
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