acting

Examples

• All

• The cinematography, the acting, the screenplay, all topnotch.

  Swordfish (2001)

• The Los Angeles Times noted the strong acting performances and a competent script.

  Academic text (2017)

• Like, you know, I started acting three years ago.

• So for me, the whole pleasure of acting is the work itself.

• I got an acting job.

  Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011)

• Those acting lessons really paid off.

  Kicking & Screaming (2005)

• I was taking acting, formal acting classes in North Hollywood.

• Stage Two is strictly an acting workshop, with an emphasis on stage work.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Lithgow began an acting career in 1972 and has performed in numerous movies.

  Academic text (2008)

• Curiously enough, he gains an acting opportunity through presenting a personal letter of recommendation from Ramn Novarro himself.

  Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

P

performing

vsacting

54 3.1

Acting a role on stage in a play or show

is the professional art and occupation of portraying characters across media

P

playing

vsacting

41 1.9

Acting as a character in a play

is the organized profession of portraying characters for stage, film, and television

R

roleplaying

vsacting

3 5.3

A way of acting as another person to practice or learn

is the commercial art and occupation of performing characters for public entertainment

E

enactment

vsacting

1 6.0

A performance of a character on stage

is broader, covering the profession across different performance media not only stage

P

playacting

vsacting

1 5.7

Pretending to be someone, for example in a play or to get attention

is the formal profession of portraying characters for audiences rather than mere pretending

P

personation

vsacting

• Specialized

9.5

To play a character on stage using voice, actions, and gestures

is the practiced occupation of portraying characters publicly across several media

Idioms

A

to acting all tough

• Informal

1 8.2

Pretending to be strong to impress others or hide fear

A

to acting like a prick

• Offensive

9.9

To behave in a rude and hurtful way to other people

A

to acting like an assbutt

• Offensive

9.9

To behave in a rude and annoying way

A

to acting shitnuts

• Offensive

9.9

To behave in a very strange or wild way

Compounds

A

acting out

34 5.9

Bad behavior that shows strong feelings or stress

M

method acting

• Specialized

5 5.8

A way of performing where a person uses their own feelings and memories to become a character

L

long-acting

• Specialized

1 4.1

Active in the body for a long time so you take it less often

How Skilled

acting

366 2.6

amateur

122 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology