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impersonating - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | impersonate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be another |
| Synonyms: | act, ape, ditto*, do, enact, fake, imitate, mimic, mirror, perform, play, portray, put on an act*, represent, act a part, act like, act out, assume character, do an impression of, double as, dress as, make like, masquerade as, pass oneself off as, personate, play a role, playact, pose as, take the part of |
| Antonyms: | differ, oppose, reverse, be original |
* = 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* |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
| Synonyms: | affect, caricature, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, do*, echo, emulate, imitate, impersonate, mirror, mock, parody, parrot, take off*, travesty, do like, go like, make like |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, adopt, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend, put on, simulate |
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make deceitful imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, mimic, mint, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, mimeo, phony up, stat |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave |
| Synonyms: | appear, bear, carry, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out*, manage, muddle through*, operate, perform, play, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, seem, acquit oneself, come on like, comport, personate, playact, render the role, stagger along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, imitate, impersonate, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, second, vibrate, do like, go like, make like, rubber-stamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be; do an impression of |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, borrow, burlesque, carbon*, caricature, clone, copy, counterfeit, ditto*, duplicate, echo, emulate, falsify, feign, follow, follow suit*, forge, impersonate, match, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, parallel, parody, pretend, put on*, reflect, repeat, reproduce, resemble, sham, simulate, spoof, take off*, travesty, act like, be like, do like, do likewise, follow in footsteps, look like, model after, pattern after, personate, play a part, reduplicate, replicate, send up* |
| Antonyms: | clash, differ, oppose, reverse, be original |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
| Synonyms: | dissemble, dissimulate, frolic, impersonate, mask, pass off, pose, posture, pretend, revel, attitudinize, pass as, pass for |
| Antonyms: | reveal, unmask |
| Main Entry: | mimic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate, mock |
| Synonyms: | act, ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, copycat, ditto*, do, echo, enact, fake, impersonate, make believe, make fun of, mime, mirror, parody, parrot, perform, play, resemble, ridicule, sham, simulate, take off*, travesty, do like, go like, look like, make like, pantomime, personate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imitate, spoof |
| Synonyms: | ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, deride, disparage, distort, exaggerate, impersonate, jeer, jest, joke, lampoon, laugh at, mime, mimic, mock, put on*, ridicule, roast, satirize, take off*, travesty, do a takeoff of, poke fun at, send up, sheik |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, depict as entertainment |
| Synonyms: | discourse, display, dramatize, emote, enact, execute, exhibit, give, go on, ham*, ham it up*, impersonate, offer, play, present, produce, put on, render, represent, show, stage, tread the boards*, act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house, do a number, do a turn, personate, playact |
| Antonyms: | direct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | personify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent some other being, character |
| Synonyms: | contain, copy, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, humanize, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, manifest, materialize, mirror, objectify, substantiate, symbolize, typify, act out, body forth, emblematize, exteriorize, externalize, hominify, live as, make human, personize |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act; take the part of |
| Synonyms: | discourse, do*, enact, execute, ham*, ham it up*, impersonate, perform, portray, present, represent, tread the boards*, act the part of, lay an egg, personate, play a gig, playact, read a part, take the role of |
| Antonyms: | direct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | portray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent, imitate |
| Synonyms: | characterize, copy, delineate, depict, describe, draw, duplicate, figure, illustrate, image, impersonate, interpret, limn, mimic, paint, parody, photograph, picture, render, reproduce, simulate, sketch, act like |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, fake |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, feign, grandstand*, impersonate, make believe, masquerade, pass off*, posture, profess, purport, sham*, show off*, attitudinize, make out like, peacock*, playact, put on airs, put up a front, strike an attitude, take off as |
| Antonyms: | be genuine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fake, falsify |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, allege, assume, beguile, bluff, cheat, claim, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, feign, fish*, fool, fudge*, hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz*, let on*, make out*, malinger, masquerade, mislead, pass off*, profess, purport, put on*, sham*, simulate, stonewall*, sucker, whitewash*, be deceitful, be hypocritical, claim falsely, fake out, jive*, lay claim, pass oneself off as, put up a front, shuck and jive |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play the part of |
| Synonyms: | act, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make believe, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, portray, pose, purport, put on an act*, represent, reproduce, suppose, assume the role, make as if, make out like, playact, put on a front, put on airs |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | represent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | present image of; symbolize |
| Synonyms: | be, betoken, body, copy, embody, enact, epitomize, equal, equate, exemplify, exhibit, express, factor, imitate, impersonate, mean, perform, personify, produce, put on, reproduce, serve, show, stage, stand for, steward, substitute, typify, act as, act as broker, act for, act in place of, appear as, assume the role of, be agent for, be attorney for, be proxy for, buy for, correspond to, do business for, emblematize, hold office, play the part, sell for, serve as, speak for |
| Main Entry: | mime |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mimic |
| Synonyms: | imitate, impersonate, pretend, pantomime |
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