leading man

Noun

Meaning

actor who plays the leading male role

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

king lead leading player actor actress leader star principal hero protagonist performer celebrity heroine thespian

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Antonyms

rascal scamp vandal rogue djinn rapscallion

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Hypernyms

player actor thespian histrion role player

Examples

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair. Patrick Stewart

I'm a leading man trapped inside a bad guy's body. Michael Madsen

I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity. Geoffrey Rush

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man. Bruce Boxleitner

I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her. Cesar Romero

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man. Dave Bautista

Close letter words and terms

leading lagomorph leading light leading line leading motive leading neuropathologist leading nowhere