acter

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UK/ˈæk.tə/US/ˈæk.tɚ/

noun

A play or film with a particular number of acts.

“a one-acter”

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Meanings

acter1

nounacter (plural acters)

plural acters

  1. in compoundsA play or film with a particular number of acts.

    a one-acter

    1 more example

    a two-acter

acter2

nounacter (plural acters)

plural acters

  1. nonstandarduncommonAn actor, someone who or something which acts.

Origin

acter · noun

From act + -er (“person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies”).

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acter · noun

From act + -er (forming agent nouns).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acter

factoractortractorreactorextractorrefractorattractorcompactorprotractorretractorimpactorinteractorabstractormalefactorenactorabstractercompactercounteractercounteractorenacterexactorjudicial factoroveractoroverreactor
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Sounds the same

actoractor

Anagrams

tracereactcartecratecatercreatcaretCerta
Cite this entry
APA

acter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acter

MLA

“acter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acter.

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