Acting out


Synonyms for acting out
verb misbehave

carry on
rebel

act out
raise hell

sow one’s wild oats

Synonyms
verb make signs, motions to communicate

flag
indicate
mime

signal
signalize
wave

act out
pantomime
use sign language

use one’s hands

Antonyms

speak

Synonyms
verb pretend to be another

portray
imitate
mimic
represent
play
ditto
do
perform

fake
mirror
act
enact
ape
put on an act
pose as
masquerade as

act like
personate
playact
act a part
act out
assume character
do an impression of
double as

dress as
make like
pass oneself off as
play a role
take the part of

Antonyms

prevent
direct
fail
idle

halt
stop
differ
oppose

reverse
be original

Synonyms
verb act, depict as entertainment

represent
play
give
show
offer
execute
produce
go on

display
present
stage
exhibit
ham
render
dramatize
emote

discourse
impersonate
enact
ham it up
put on
tread the boards
personate
playact

act out
appear as
be on
bring down the house
do a number
do a turn

Antonyms

conceal
refrain
withhold
hide
deny

refuse
prevent
take
abandon
fail

halt
stop
direct

Synonyms
verb represent some other being, character

exemplify
incarnate
manifest
typify
epitomize
embody
symbolize

illustrate
materialize
copy
exteriorize
imitate
substantiate
image

express
externalize
humanize
impersonate
mirror
objectify
contain

act out
body forth
emblematize
hominify
live as
make human
personize

Antonyms

obscure
differ

oppose
reverse

be original

Synonyms
verb misbehave badly

carry on
fool around
horseplay

misbehave
rebel
show off

act out
be bad
be out of line

behave badly
make trouble
set a bad example

Antonyms

behave

Synonyms
verb gesture

signal
sign
motion
indicate

flag
mime
gesticulate
wave

pantomime
act out
give the high sign
use sign language

use one’s hands

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