Dictionary Entry
understudy
understudy is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive/intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive/intransitive verb
To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
- 2noun
One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.
- 3noun
an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
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- 4verb
be an understudy or alternate for a role
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