Acting Synonyms and Antonyms
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Temporarily assuming the duties of another
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
A display of insincere behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- simulation
- feigning
- playing
- impersonation
- performing
- stage playing
- playacting
- pretending
- simulating
- gesturing
- act
- ranting
- spouting
- orating
- dramatizing
- disguise
- behaving
- showing-off
- affectation mimicry
- posturing
- dissemblance
- enactment
- depiction
- portrayal
- masquerade
- pantomime
- footlights
- rendition
- dramatics
- histrionic art
- histrionic
- pretense
- stagecraft
- histrionicism
- theatricals
- performance
- sham
- histrionism
- dramatic action
- mimicry
- histrionics
- mime
- show
- pantomime(acting without speaking)
- personation
- humbuggery
- theatricality
- meretriciousness
To react in a specified way
(Verb)
Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
(Verb)
Synonyms:
- representing
- playing
- portraying
- working
- performing
- simulating
- pretending
- impersonating
- feigning
- faking
- mugging
- upstaging
- wielding
- hamming
- trying
- toiling
- overacting
- declaiming
- serving
- ranting
- producing
- spouting
- enacting
- dramatizing
- rehearsing
- operating
- officiating
- moving
- laboring
- functioning
- parodying
- doing
- burlesquing
- exploiting
- executing
- miming
- driving
- dissembling
- deeding
- deciding
- counterfeiting
- conducting
- comporting
- bestirring
- behaving
Perform on a stage or theater
(Verb)
Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Behave unnaturally or affectedly
(Verb)
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
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