Synonyms and antonyms of Characters in fiction in British Thesaurus

anti-hero (noun)

a main character in a story who does not have the qualities that a hero usually has, such as being morally good

baddy (noun)

Britishinformal someone in a film or book who does unkind or illegal things

bad guy (noun)

someone who does cruel or illegal things, especially in a book or film

character (noun)

a person in a book, play, film etc

dramatis personae (noun)

all the characters in a play

eponymous (adjective)

the eponymous character in a story has the same name as the title of the story

hero (noun)

the main male character of a book, film, or play, who usually has good qualities. The main female character is called the heroine.

heroine (noun)

the main female character of a book, film, or play, or a good female character. The main male character is called the hero

ingénue (noun)

a young woman who does not have much experience of the world, especially in a film or play

manic pixie dream girl (noun)

showing disapproval a type of female character found in some in romantic films and novels whose slightly strange behaviour and lack of maturity is intended to be attractive but annoys many people

narrator (noun)

someone who tells the story in a novel or film

personage (noun)

formal someone in a book, play, or film, or in history

protagonist (noun)

the main character in a play, film, book, or story

swashbuckling (adjective)

used about a character in a story, film etc who has a lot of fights and exciting experiences

sympathetic (adjective)

a sympathetic character in a film, book etc is easy to like

two-dimensional (adjective)

a two-dimensional character in a book, play, or film lacks the complicated personality of a real person

unconvincing (adjective)

an unconvincing character, story, or performance is difficult to believe or enjoy, because it does not seem real or likely

villain (noun)

the main bad character in a story, play, film etc. The main good character is the hero or heroine