Acting and Lead

Acting

Acting noun - The performance of a part or role in a drama.

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Lead and acting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Acting".

Nearby Words: act, action, active, acted, actor

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Acting and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acting" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

human	human acting	human lead
good	good acting	good lead
solid	solid acting	solid lead
original	original acting	original lead
Other adjectives: simple, actual, real, large, great, little, decent, important, new, early, heroic, dramatic, latter, occasional, talking, comic, younger.

Katey Segal alternated between TV movies, guest TV spots and voice acting before achieving her breakout with Futurama, then a lead role in the live action comedy 8 Simple Rules and a lead role in the drama Sons of Anarchy.

Source: Breakup Breakout
Sidekick: While Sam and Max are usually referred to as "partners", the dynamic between the two, with Sam usually taking the lead and acting as the voice of reason (comparatively speaking), is such that Max clearly comes off as the sidekick.

Source: Franchise / Sam & Max
The basic premise of the YouTube Red series Scare PewDiePie, which is essentially a horror show where the lead actor is the only person in the show who isn't acting.

Source: Method Acting

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