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Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something done
Synonyms:	accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, doing, execution, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, thing, undertaking
Notes:	an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Antonyms:	cessation, idleness, inertia, quiet, quiet, repose, rest, stoppage, suspension, inactivity

Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do something
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate, perk, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out
Antonyms:	abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop

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Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	legislative document
Synonyms:	amendment, announcement, bill, clause, code, commitment, decree, edict, enactment, judgment, law, measure, order, ordinance, resolution, statute, subpoena, summons, verdict, warrant, writ

Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	behave in a certain way
Synonyms:	appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself

Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	part of a performance
Synonyms:	bit, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, show, sketch, spot, turn, schtick

* = informal/non-formal usage

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*

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	act
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	pretended behavior
Synonyms:	affectation, attitude, bit, fake, false front, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, sham, show, simulation, soft soap, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk, chaser, dissimilation, feigning, put-on, shuck and jive

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	accomplishment
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something successfully done, completed
Synonyms:	ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, capability, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph, bringing about, carrying out, effecting
Antonyms:	defeat, failure, frustration, nullification

Main Entry:	achievement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	something completed successfully; goal reached
Synonyms:	accomplishment, acquisition, act, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effort, enactment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory, acquirement, actualization, effectuation, encompassment
Antonyms:	defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence

Main Entry:	behavior
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	manner of conducting oneself
Synonyms:	act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	decree
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mandate, legal order
Synonyms:	act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, declaration, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronouncement, rap*, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, charging, decretum, promulgation, the riot act, the word, ukase

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	display
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	public showing; spectacle
Synonyms:	act, affectation, arrangement, array, blaze, dash, demonstration, example, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, exposure, fanfare, flourish, frippery, front, layout, manifestation, ostentation, pageant, panorama, parade, pedantry, pomp, presentation, pretension, revelation, sample, scheme, shine, splash, splendor, splurge, spread, vanity, arrayal, bravura, expo, for show, frame-up, grandstand play, ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, showboat, unfolding
Antonyms:	hiding

Main Entry:	doing
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement
Synonyms:	accomplishment, act, action, deed, execution, exploit, handiwork, performance, performing, thing, accomplishing, achieving, carrying out, implementation

Main Entry:	dramatize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make a performance of
Synonyms:	act, amplify, burlesque, enact, exaggerate, execute, ham it up*, overdo, overstate, perform, play up, present, produce, show, splash, stage, farcialize, give color to, lay it on, make a production of, melodramatize, play on heartstrings, play to gallery, playact, tragedize

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	edict
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	pronouncement, order
Synonyms:	act, canon, command, commandment, decree, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, regulation, rule, ruling, statute, writ, decretum, pronunciamento, ukase

Main Entry:	effort
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	work, exertion
Synonyms:	accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling, force, go, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot, spurt, stab, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains
Antonyms:	hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	emote
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	express emotion
Synonyms:	act, dramatize, exaggerate, ham it up*, overplay, overact, overdramatize

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	fake
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pretend
Synonyms:	act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, disguise, dissimulate, fabricate, feign, forge, put on, put on an act*, sham, simulate, spoof

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	feat
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	achievement
Synonyms:	accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory
Antonyms:	failure, idleness, inaction

Main Entry:	feign
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pretend
Synonyms:	act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, fabricate, fake, forge, imagine, imitate, invent, play, play possum, put on, sham, simulate, stonewall, do a bit, four-flush, give appearance of, make show of, phony up, put on act, put up a front
Antonyms:	be true