interactor

English

Etymology

interact +‎ -or or inter- +‎ actor

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɚˈæktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəɹˈæktə/
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)

Noun

interactor (plural interactors)

1. One who interacts.
   • 2007, Jeremy Douglass, Command Lines, page 88:

     The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this.

Anagrams

• retraction, triaconter