| Main Entry: | impersonation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation |
Synonyms: |
acting, enactment, pose, role |
| Main Entry: | acting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, performing |
Synonyms: |
assuming, characterization, depiction, dramatics, dramatizing, enacting, enactment, feigning, hamming, histrionics, imitating, imitation, impersonation, improvisation, mime, mimicry, pantomime, performance, play acting, playing, portrayal, portraying, posing, posturing, pretending, pretense, putting, rendition, seeming, showing off, simulating, stagecraft, stooging, theatre, theatricals |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portrayal of another |
Synonyms: |
impersonation, part, personification, role |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duplicate, imitation |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, archetype, carbon, carbon copy, cast, clone, counterfeit, counterpart, ditto*, ectype, effigy, ersatz, facsimile, forgery, hard copy, image, impersonation, impression, imprint, likeness, microfiche, mimeograph, miniature, mirror, model, offprint, parallel, pattern, photocopy, photograph, photostat, portrait, print, reflection, replica, replication, representation, reprint, reproduction, rubbings, similarity, simulacrum, simulation, study, tracing, transcript, transcription, type |
Antonyms: |
original, origination, source |
| Main Entry: | enactment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | playacting |
Synonyms: |
achievement, acting, depiction, execution, impersonation, performance, personation, personification, playing, portrayal, representation |
| Main Entry: | imitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simulation, substitution |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, apery, aping, carbon copy, clone, copy, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterpart, ditto*, dupe*, duplicate, duplication, echoing, ersatz*, fake, forgery, image, impersonation, impression, likeness, match, matching, mime, mimesis, mimicry, mirroring, mockery, parallel, paralleling, paraphrasing, parody, parroting, patterning, phony, picture, reflection, replica, representing, reproduction, resemblance, ringer, semblance, sham*, simulacrum, takeoff, transcription, travesty |
Antonyms: |
difference, opposite, original, reverse |
| Main Entry: | imposture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud, trick |
Synonyms: |
artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, put-on, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile |
Antonyms: |
honesty, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | impression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretending to be somebody |
Synonyms: |
imitation, impersonation, masquerade, parody, sendup, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disguise; social occasion for disguises |
Synonyms: |
Mardi Gras, carnival, circus, cloak, color, costume, costume ball, cover, cover-up, deception, dissimulation, domino, facade, festivity, front, guise, impersonation, imposture, mask, masked ball, masking, mummery, personation, pose, pretense, put-on, revel, screen, show, subterfuge, veil |
| Main Entry: | representation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, copy, delegation, delineation, depiction, design, duplicate, enactment, exhibition, illustration, image, imitation, impersonation, impression, likeness, narration, personification, portrayal, reproduction |