Acting


Synonyms for acting
adj substituting in a role

temporary
deputy
assistant

alternate
interim
surrogate

adjutant
pro tempore
provisional

ad interim
pro tem
delegated

Antonyms for acting

permanent

Synonyms
noun entertaining, performing

seeming
enactment
depiction
imitation
portrayal
impersonation
dramatics
assuming
rendition

mimicry
theatre
improvisation
pretending
performance
imitating
pretense
histrionics
mime

portraying
characterization
posing
enacting
simulating
stooging
stagecraft
pantomime
dramatizing

putting
posturing
theatricals
feigning
hamming
playing
play acting
showing off

Other adjectives related to acting

Roscian
cothurnal
melodramatic
thalian
tragic

balatronic
dramatic
operatic
theatric

buskined
farcical
scenic
theatrical

comic
histrionic
stagey
tragi

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