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supporting actor

supporting actor noun: an actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character.

Noun

supporting actor (plural supporting actors)

  1. An actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character.
    • This is not a good movie, and for supporting actors like Amy Ryan, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, and Thomas Lennon, it may even be an embarrassing one. But it’s not a full-scale humiliation.2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of supporting actor

pluralsupporting actors

Questions about supporting actor

What does supporting actor mean?
Supporting actor means an actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character.
What part of speech is supporting actor?
Supporting actor is a noun.
What is the plural of supporting actor?
The plural of supporting actor is supporting actors.

Words near supporting actor in the dictionary

  1. supporters
  2. supportest
  3. supporteth
  4. supportful
  5. supporting
  6. supporting actor
  7. supporting actors
  8. supporting actress
  9. supporting actresses
  10. supportingly
  11. supportings

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