What is "thespian" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does thespian mean in English? Meaning of thespian definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "thespian" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "thespian": a theatrical performer

Noun

  • Meaning: a theatrical performer
  • Synonyms: actor histrion player role player thespian
  • Hyponyms: actress barnstormer character actor comedian extra ham ham actor heavy ingenue lead leading man mime mimer movie actor mummer pantomimer pantomimist plant play-actor playactor principal reenactor scene-stealer screen actor spear carrier standby star supernumerary tragedian trouper understudy upstager walk-on
  • Hypernyms: performer performing artist
  • Instance Hyponyms: al jolson alec guinness alfred lunt allen allen stewart konigsberg anthony hopkins arthur john gielgud asa yoelson astaire baron olivier of birghton barrymore bela ferenc blasko bela lugosi bing crosby bogart booth boris karloff bruce lee burbage burton buster keaton cagney cary grant charles laughton charles robert redford chevalier clark gable cooper coward cronyn crosby david garrick de niro dean depardieu douglas elton fairbanks douglas fairbanks douglas fairbanks jr. drew dudley moore dudley stuart john moore duke wayne dustin hoffman e. g. marshall edmund kean edward g. robinson edward goldenberg robinson erich von stroheim eugene curran kelly fairbanks fonda francis albert sinatra frank cooper frank sinatra fred astaire gable garrick gary cooper gene kelly george c. scott george orson welles gerard depardieu gibson gielgud grant granville-barker guinness hanks harley granville-barker harold clayton lloyd harold lloyd harrison harry lillis crosby heming hemminge henry fonda herbert blythe hoffman hopkins howard hume blake cronyn hume cronyn humphrey bogart humphrey deforest bogart israel strassberg jack lemmon james byron dean james cagney james dean james maitland stewart james mason james neville mason jimmy cagney jimmy stewart john barrymore john drew john heming john hemminge john uhler john wayne john wilkes booth jolson joseph francis keaton julius ullman karloff kean keaton kelly konstantin sergeevich alekseev konstantin sergeyevich stanislavsky konstantin stanislavsky laszlo lowestein laughton laurence olivier lee lee strasberg lee yuen kam lemmon leslie howard leslie howard stainer lionel barrymore lloyd lorre lugosi lunt marshall martin mason maurice barrymore maurice chevalier mel columcille gerard gibson mel gibson mitchum moore newman noel coward o'toole olivier orson welles otis skinner paul leonard newman paul newman peter alexander ustinov peter lorre peter o'toole peter seamus o'toole peter sellers poitier ralph richardson redford reginald carey harrison rex harrison richard burbage richard burton richardson robert de niro robert mitchum robert redford robinson scott sellers sidney poitier sinatra sir alec guinness sir anthony hopkins sir anthony philip hopkins sir herbert beerbohm tree sir john gielgud sir laurence kerr olivier sir noel pierce coward sir peter ustinov sir ralph david richardson sir rex harrison skinner spencer tracy stanislavsky steve martin stewart strasberg stroheim thomas j. hanks tom hanks tracy tree ustinov wayne welles william clark gable william henry pratt woody allen
  • Meaning of "thespian": of or relating to drama

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of or relating to drama
  • Example: the movie director had thespian cooperation
  • Synonyms: thespian
  • Adjective: Of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical.
  • Synonyms:

    star, ham, lead, extra, character, understudy, artist, player, entertainer, idol, bit player, performer, play-actor, headliner, straight person, thesp,

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