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antihero collapse: a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)

role collapse: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"

subordination collapse: the quality of obedient submissiveness; the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head; the state of being subordinate to something

subservience collapse: in a subservient state; the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan"

act out collapse: represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage; "She could act neurotic anxiety"

ingenue collapse: the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play; an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage); an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

antagonist collapse: a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug; a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"

impersonate collapse: represent another person with comic intentions; assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

person collapse: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"; a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"; a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"

heroine collapse: the main good female character in a work of fiction; a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

soubrette collapse: a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy; a pert or flirtatious young girl

villain collapse: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately; the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction

portray collapse: portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"; make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"; represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

actor collapse: a theatrical performer; a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"

hero collapse: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god; a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

personage collapse: another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"

inferiority collapse: an inferior quality; the quality of being a competitive disadvantage; the state of being inferior

feeder collapse: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening; an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"; a branch that flows into the main stream

cue collapse: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards; an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

under collapse: further down; "see under for further discussion"; down below; "get under quickly!"; below the horizon; "the sun went under"; below some quantity or limit; "fifty dollars or under"; in or into a state of subordination or subjugation; "we must keep our disappointment under"; down to defeat, death, or ruin; "their competitors went under"; into unconsciousness; "this will put the patient under"; through a range downward; "children six and under will be admitted free"

supplementary collapse: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

below collapse: at a later place; "see below"; in or to a place that is lower; (in writing) see below; "vide infra"

subordinate collapse: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another; lower in rank or importance; subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"; make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"; rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"

second fiddle collapse: a secondary role or function; "he hated to play second fiddle to anyone"; someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role

cog collapse: tooth on the rim of gear wheel; a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"; join pieces of wood with cogs; roll steel ingots

collate collapse: compare critically; of texts; to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

underneath collapse: under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath; "we could see the original painting underneath"; "a house with a good foundation underneath"; on the lower or downward side; on the underside of; "a chest of drawers all scratched underneath"

tributary collapse: paying tribute; "a tributary colony"; of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

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