Actor and Hoax

Actor

Actor noun - One who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show).

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Hoax and actor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hoax" instead a noun "Actor".

Nearby Words: acting, actress

Hoax noun - An imitation that is passed off as genuine.

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Actor and hoax are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Actor" instead a noun "Hoax".

Nearby Words: hoaxer, hoaxed, hoaxing

known	known actor	known hoax
notable	notable actor	notable hoax
regular	regular actor	regular hoax
original	original actor	original hoax
Other adjectives: real, big, great, famous, major, shared, occasional.

Rumors the return was a hoax were dispelled when Steve Blum, voice of Toonami host TOM himself, and Kyle Hebert, a fellow voice actor with equal stature got involved.

Source: Un-Canceled
It's about as painful to watch as it sounds, and attracted a significant Hatedom in the one month between being posted and the announcement that the entire thing was a hoax, everyone involved was an actor, and it was perpetrated solely to see the fans' reactions.

Source: Stealth Parody
A man going on the talk show circuit claiming to be John Lawrence, one of the pilots of the famous Flight 19 that got lost in The Bermuda Triangle is eventually revealed to be an actor playing an elaborate hoax.

Source: Fiction as Cover-Up

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