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matinee idol
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun matinee idol has 1 sense
- matinee idol(n = noun.person) idol - someone who is adored blindly and excessively; Array has particulars: heartthrob
is a kind of lead, principal, star
THESAURUS
matinee idol
Roscius, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, cosset, darling, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, favorite, feeder, foil, fondling, heavy, histrio, histrion, idol, ingenue, jewel, juvenile, mime, mimer, mimic, minion, monologist, mummer, pantomime, pantomimist, pet, playactor, player, preference, protean actor, reciter, soubrette, spoiled child, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, theatrical, thespian, trouper, utility man, villain
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