actress vs thespian
thespian vs actressactress and thespian both are nouns.
actress is not an adjective while thespian is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| actress | Yes | No | No | No |
| thespian | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
thespian is a hypernym of
actress; that is, thespian is a
word with a broader meaning than actress:
- actress: a female actor
- thespian: a theatrical performer
| actress (noun) | thespian (noun) |
|---|---|
| a female actor | a theatrical performer |
| actress (adjective) | thespian (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of or relating to drama |
Words related to "actress"
- Alla Nazimova
- Anna Amalia Mercouri
- Audrey Hepburn
- Ball
- Bankhead
- Barbra Joan Streisand
- Barbra Streisand
- Barrymore
- Beatrice Lillie
- Bergman
- Bernhardt
- Bette Davis
- Black
- Cornelia Otis Skinner
- Cornell
- Crawford
- Dame Alice Ellen Terry
- Dame Ellen Terry
- Dame Sybil Thorndike
- Davis
- Dietrich
- Duse
- Eleonora Duse
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Emilie Charlotte le Breton
- Ethel Barrymore
- Ethel Waters
- Eva Le Gallienne
- Fonda
- Fontanne
- Garbo
- Garland
- Georgiana Barrymore
- Georgiana Drew
- Georgiana Emma Barrymore
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Ginger Rogers
- Gish
- Gladys Smith
- Glenda Jackson
- Gloria May Josephine Svensson
- Gloria Swanson
- Grace Kelly
- Grace Patricia Kelly
- Greta Garbo
- Greta Louisa Gustafsson
- Harlean Carpenter
- Harlow
- Hayes
- Helen Hayes
- Henriette Rosine Bernard
- Hepburn
- Horne
- Ingrid Bergman
- Jackson
- Jane Fonda
- Jean Harlow
- Jersey Lillie
- Jessica Tandy
- Joan Crawford
- Judy Garland
- Katharine Cornell
- Katharine Hepburn
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn
- Katherine Cornell
- Kelly
- Lady Peel
- Langtry
- Lawrence
- Le Gallienne
- Leigh
- Lena Calhoun Horne
- Lena Horne
- Lillian Gish
- Lillie
- Lillie Langtry
- Loren
- Loretta Young
- Lucille Ball
- Lynn Fontanne
- Mae West
- Maria Magdalene von Losch
- Marilyn Monroe
- Marlene Dietrich
- Martin
- Mary Martin
- Mary Pickford
- Melina Mercouri
- Mercouri
- Meryl Streep
- Moira Shearer
- Monroe
- Natalie Wood
- Nazimova
- Norma Jean Baker
- Pickford
- Princess Grace of Monaco
- Rogers
- Sarah Bernhardt
- Sarah Kemble Siddons
- Sarah Siddons
- Shearer
- Shirley Temple
- Shirley Temple Black
- Siddons
- Skinner
- Sofia Scicolone
- Sophia Loren
- Streep
- Streisand
- Swanson
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Tandy
- Taylor
- Terry
- Thorndike
- Virginia Katherine McMath
- Virginia McMath
- Vivien Leigh
- Waters
- West
- Wood
- Young
- actor
- adult female
- histrion
- leading lady
- player
- role player
- starlet
- thespian
- tragedienne
- woman
Words related to "thespian"
- Al Jolson
- Alec Guinness
- Alfred Lunt
- Allen
- Allen Stewart Konigsberg
- Anthony Hopkins
- Arthur John Gielgud
- Asa Yoelson
- Astaire
- Baron Olivier of Brighton
- 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
- James Stewart
- Jimmy Cagney
- Jimmy Stewart
- John Barrymore
- John Drew
- John Heming
- John Heminges
- 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
- actor
- actress
- barnstormer
- character actor
- comedian
- drama
- extra
- ham
- ham actor
- heavy
- histrion
- ingenue
- lead
- leading man
- mime
- mimer
- movie actor
- mummer
- pantomimer
- pantomimist
- performer
- performing artist
- plant
- play-actor
- playactor
- player
- principal
- reenactor
- role player
- scene-stealer
- screen actor
- spear carrier
- standby
- star
- supernumerary
- tragedian
- trouper
- understudy
- upstager
- walk-on
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