| Main Entry: | dramatize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a performance of |
Synonyms: |
act, amplify, burlesque, enact, exaggerate, execute, farcialize, give color to, ham it up, lay it on, make a production of, melodramatize, overdo, overstate, perform, play on heartstrings, play to gallery, play up, playact, present, produce, show, splash, stage, tragedize |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain by playing a role |
Synonyms: |
be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate information |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, blow-up, build up, color, distend, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, expand, falsify, fudge, heighten, hyperbolize, lie, magnify, make federal case, make mountain out of molehill, overdo, overelaborate, overembellish, overemphasize, overestimate, overstate, pad, play up, puff, romanticize, spread on thick, stretch, stretch the truth, yeast |
| Main Entry: | emote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express emotion |
Synonyms: |
act, dramatize, exaggerate, ham it up, overact, overdramatize, overplay |
| Main Entry: | emphasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stress, give priority to |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
| Main Entry: | illuminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clear; educate |
Synonyms: |
better, clarify, clear up, construe, define, dramatize, edify, elucidate, enlighten, explain, expound, express, finish, give insight, gloss, illustrate, improve, instruct, interpret, perfect, polish, shed light on, uplight |
Antonyms: |
cloud, complicate, dull, involve, obscure |
| Main Entry: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate, blow out of proportion |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, blow up, boost, color, dramatize, embellish, embroider, enhance, fudge, inflate, make mountain of molehill, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, overplay, overrate, overstate, overstress, pad, puff up, pyramid |
Antonyms: |
diminish, play down, weaken |
| Main Entry: | overplay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be dramatic |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, blow out of proportion, dramatize, exaggerate, get carried away, ham it up, hyperbolize, labor at, lay it on thick, magnify, maximize, mug, overact, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overstate, overstress, overuse, overwork, point up, show off*, stretch |
Antonyms: |
play down |
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, depict as entertainment |
Synonyms: |
act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house, discourse, display, do a number, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, execute, exhibit, give, go on, ham it up, ham, impersonate, offer, personate, play, playact, present, produce, put on, render, represent, show, stage, tread the boards |
Antonyms: |
direct |
| Main Entry: | recite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out loud; narrate |
Synonyms: |
account for, address, answer, chant, communicate, convey, declaim, delineate, deliver, describe, detail, discourse, dramatize, enact, enlarge, enumerate, expatiate, explain, give a report, give an account, give verbal account, hold forth, impart, interpret, itemize, mention, parrot, perform, picture, portray, quote, recapitulate, recount, reel off, rehearse, relate, render, repeat, reply, report, retell, soliloquize, speak, state, tell, utter |