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Synonyms for playact
verb act

burlesque
characterize
do
dramatize
emote
enact
feign
go on
go over
ham
ham it up

impersonate
mime
mimic
mug
parody
perform
personify
play
portray
pretend
rehearse

represent
simulate
star
stooge
strut
tread the boards
be on
bring down the house
do a turn
lay an egg
make debut

personate
play act
play gig
play part
play role
put it over
take part
say one’s piece

Synonyms
verb pretend

act
counterfeit
dissemble
fake
feign
imagine
imitate

impersonate
make believe
make up
masquerade
mimic
play
portray

pose
purport
put on
put on an act
represent
reproduce
sham

simulate
suppose
assume the role
make as if
make out like
put on a front
put on airs

Synonyms
verb pretend, imitate

feign
bluff
assume
adopt
contrive

act
simulate
fake
counterfeit
sham

put on
take on
aspire to
do a bit
lay it on thick

make out like
put up a front

Antonyms

tell truth

stop

Synonyms
verb act, behave

quit
play
go on
appear
give
perform
manage
bear

produce
conduct
carry
operate
present
fare
portray
comport

seem
discourse
demean
impersonate
deport
enact
get along
get by

make out
muddle through
put on
personate
acquit oneself
come on like
render the role
stagger along

Antonyms

refrain
withhold
destroy
put off
direct
halt

stop
take
fail
defer
idle
lose

miss
neglect
pass
undo

Synonyms
verb make a performance of

amplify
overstate
exaggerate
execute
overdo
show

perform
splash
burlesque
produce
present
act

enact
stage
ham it up
play up
farcialize
give color to

lay it on
make a production of
melodramatize
play on heartstrings
play to gallery
tragedize

Antonyms

ignore
refuse
veto
prevent

refrain
reduce
abandon
fail

neglect
halt
stop

Synonyms
verb act out; accomplish

execute
achieve
portray
represent

play
depict
do
perform

discourse
go on
personate
appear as

play the part of

Antonyms

hinder
repeal
prevent

refuse
veto
fail

miss
direct
stop

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
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
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 act; take the part of

perform
do
portray
present
represent

execute
ham
discourse
impersonate
enact

ham it up
tread the boards
personate
act the part of
lay an egg

play a gig
read a part
take the role of

Antonyms

listen
fail

work
watch

direct

Synonyms
verb pretend, fake

affect
feign
profess
purport
masquerade

impersonate
act
grandstand
posture
attitudinize

sham
make believe
pass off
show off
peacock

make out like
put on airs
put up a front
strike an attitude
take off as

Antonyms

withhold
go

move
be genuine

Synonyms
verb display an attitude

masquerade
pose
display
fake

affect
attitudinize
pass off
show off

do a bit
do for effect
fake it
make a show

pass for
put on airs
put up a front

Antonyms

withhold

be truthful

Synonyms
verb play the part of

imitate
suppose
impersonate
purport
portray
represent

play
masquerade
pose
imagine
reproduce
mimic

act
make believe
make up
put on an act
assume the role
make as if

make out like
put on a front
put on airs

Antonyms

differ
oppose
reverse

stop
tell truth
be original

be honest

Synonyms
verb pretend

pull
don
fake
act
affect
assume

bluff
confound
confuse
counterfeit
deceive
feign

make believe
masquerade
pose
put on an act
sham
simulate

strike
take on
trick
put on a front

Antonyms

be truthful

Synonyms
verb pretend, imitate

reproduce
affect
mimic
replicate
resemble
feign
fence
cheat
mirror
invent
disguise
fake

misrepresent
prevaricate
counterfeit
lie
concoct
equivocate
feature
favor
ape
pirate
do
play

pose
lift
dissemble
bluff
copy
exaggerate
assume
crib
borrow
fabricate
deceive
act

steal
knock off
make believe
phony
put on
put on an act
act like
do a take-off
do like
gloss over

Antonyms

destroy
face
meet
tell truth

reveal
idle
give
receive

be honest
be real

Synonyms
verb act

perform

appear on stage

strut one’s stuff

Synonyms
verb trick, mislead

cheat
pretend
dupe
deceive
hoodwink
delude
trifle
flimflam

scam
diddle
gull
snow
hoax
outfox
bluff
spoof

con
bamboozle
kid
make believe
put on
take in
play-act
chicane

fox
juke
jive
fake out
lead on
play a trick on
put one over on
suck in

Antonyms

be honest

Synonyms
verb make a show of

bluff
counterfeit
dream
enact
fake

fantasize
feign
fool
imagine
play

pretend
simulate
play-act
act as if
act as though

let on like
make as if
play the part

Antonyms

live reality