role

English Thesaurus

1. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group (noun.act)

hypernym	:	duty,
definition	:	work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons (noun.act)

hyponym	:	capacity,
definition	:	a specified function (noun.act)

hyponym	:	hat,
definition	:	an informal term for a person's role (noun.act)

hyponym	:	portfolio,
definition	:	the role of the head of a government department (noun.act)

hyponym	:	lieu, place, position, stead,
definition	:	the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another (noun.act)

hyponym	:	second fiddle,
definition	:	a secondary role or function (noun.act)

2. normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting (noun.act)

hypernym	:	activity,
definition	:	any specific behavior (noun.act)

hyponym	:	gender role,
definition	:	the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness (noun.act)

hyponym	:	position,
definition	:	(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (noun.act)

3. what something is used for (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	usefulness, utility,
definition	:	the quality of being of practical use (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	raison d'etre,
definition	:	the purpose that justifies a thing's existence (noun.attribute)

attribute	:	functional,
definition	:	designed for or capable of a particular function or use (adj.all)

attribute	:	nonfunctional,
definition	:	not having or performing a function (adj.all)

4. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal,
definition	:	acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act)

hyponym	:	bit part, minor role,
definition	:	a small role (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	heavy,
definition	:	a serious (or tragic) role in a play (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	hero,
definition	:	the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ingenue,
definition	:	the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	name part, title role,
definition	:	the role of the character after whom the play is named (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	heroine,
definition	:	the main good female character in a work of fiction (noun.person)

hyponym	:	baddie, villain,
definition	:	the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction (noun.person)

5. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group (noun.act)

derivation	:	function, officiate,
definition	:	perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function (verb.competition)

derivation	:	officiate,
definition	:	act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding (verb.social)

6. what something is used for (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	function, serve,
definition	:	serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)

7. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	impersonate,
definition	:	represent another person with comic intentions (verb.communication)

derivation	:	impersonate, portray,
definition	:	assume or act the character of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	be, embody, personify,
definition	:	represent, as of a character on stage (verb.stative)

8. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group (noun.act)

derivation	:	function, officiate,
definition	:	perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function (verb.competition)

derivation	:	officiate,
definition	:	act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding (verb.social)

9. what something is used for (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	function, serve,
definition	:	serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)

10. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	impersonate,
definition	:	represent another person with comic intentions (verb.communication)

derivation	:	impersonate, portray,
definition	:	assume or act the character of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	be, embody, personify,
definition	:	represent, as of a character on stage (verb.stative)