| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
Synonyms: |
act, adopt, aspire to, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, do a bit, fake, feign, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put on, put up a front, sham*, simulate, take on |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave |
Synonyms: |
acquit oneself, appear, bear, carry, come on like, comport, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out, manage, muddle through, operate, perform, personate, play, playact, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, render the role, seem, stagger along |
| 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: | enact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act out; accomplish |
Synonyms: |
achieve, appear as, depict, discourse, do, execute, go on, perform, personate, play, play the part of, playact, portray, represent |
Antonyms: |
fail, hinder, repeal, stop |
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick, mislead |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, bluff, cheat, chicane, con, deceive, delude, diddle, dupe, fake out, flimflam, fox*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, jive, juke, kid, lead on, make believe, outfox, play a trick on, play-act, pretend, put on, put one over on, scam*, snow*, spoof, suck in, take in*, trifle |
| Main Entry: | impersonate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be another |
Synonyms: |
act, act a part, act like, act out, ape, assume character, ditto*, do, do an impression of, double as, dress as, enact, fake, imitate, make like, masquerade as, mimic, mirror, pass oneself off as, perform, personate, play, play a role, playact, portray, pose as, put on an act, represent, take the part of |
Antonyms: |
be original, differ, oppose, reverse |
| Main Entry: | make believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a show of |
Synonyms: |
act as if, act as though, bluff, counterfeit, dream, enact, fake, fantasize, feign, fool, imagine, let on like, make as if, play, play the part, play-act, playact, pretend, pretend, simulate |
Antonyms: |
live reality |
| 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: | play |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act; take the part of |
Synonyms: |
act the part of, discourse, do*, enact, execute, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, perform, personate, play a gig, playact, portray, present, read a part, represent, take the role of, tread the boards |
Antonyms: |
direct |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, fake |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand, impersonate, make believe, make out like, masquerade, pass off, peacock, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs, put up a front, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude, take off as |
Antonyms: |
be genuine |