Act Synonyms and Antonyms

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An action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. action
  2. deed
  3. performance
  4. exploit
Something done
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deed
  2. action
  3. doing
  4. thing
  5. work
  6. human action
  7. exode
  8. human activity
Antonyms:
  1. inactivity
  2. quiet
  3. cessation
  4. rest
  5. suspension
  6. idleness
  7. stoppage
  8. repose
  9. inertia
A division of a play
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scene
  2. curtain
  3. prologue
  4. epilogue
  5. introduction
  6. entr-acte
  7. interlude
  8. finale
  9. unit of dramatic action
  10. enaction
  11. jus
  12. maintien
A short performance in a show
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sketch
  2. routine
  3. number
  4. skit
  5. bit
  6. turn
  7. performance
  8. monologue
  9. curtain raiser
  10. appearance
  11. stand-up routine
  12. shtick
  13. afterpiece
  14. folkway
To conduct oneself
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. behave
  2. do
  3. seem
  4. acquit
  5. appear
  6. carry-oneself
  7. bear
  8. acquit oneself
  9. comport oneself
  10. bear oneself
  11. handle oneself
  12. carry
  13. demean oneself
  14. comport
  15. give the appearance of
  16. represent oneself as
  17. demean
  18. take on
  19. play one's part
  20. deport
  21. impress one as
  22. cut-a-figure
  23. quit
To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dissemble
  2. pretend
  3. counterfeit
  4. fake
  5. feign
  6. play-act
  7. pose
  8. put-on
  9. sham
  10. simulate
Antonyms:
  1. stop
  2. halt
  3. idle
  4. refrain
  5. cease
  6. give up
  7. abstain
  8. hesitate
  9. discontinue
To perform an action
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. perform
  2. do
  3. function
  4. officiate
  5. move
  6. serve
  7. execute
  8. carry out
  9. carry on
  10. operate
  11. transact
  12. accomplish
  13. achieve
  14. consummate
  15. carry into effect
  16. perpetrate
  17. persevere
  18. persist
  19. labor
  20. work
  21. run
  22. preside
  23. go-ahead
  24. take-action
  25. go-about
  26. step into
  27. take-steps
  28. play a part
  29. take a part
  30. begin
  31. proceed
  32. enforce
  33. maneuver
  34. be in process
  35. be in action
  36. create
  37. practice
  38. deal in
  39. prosecute
  40. develop
  41. make progress
  42. be active
  43. take-effect
  44. produce an effect
  45. commit
  46. fight
  47. combat
  48. respond
  49. keep-going
  50. answer
  51. pursue
  52. put forth energy
  53. hustle
  54. get-going
  55. pull
  56. do one's stuff
  57. get-down-to-brass-tacks
Antonyms:
  1. wait
  2. await
  3. refrain
  4. rest
To react in a specified way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. work
  2. behave
  3. function
  4. operate
  5. perform
To play a role in or as if in a play
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. play
  2. pretend
  3. represent
  4. impersonate
  5. perform
  6. portray
  7. enact
  8. do
  9. personate
  10. mimic
  11. fake
  12. feign
  13. simulate
  14. emote
  15. playact
  16. act-out
  17. live over
  18. mime
  19. pantomime
  20. burlesque
  21. parody
  22. behave
  23. bestir
  24. comport
  25. render the role of
  26. conduct
  27. create a role
  28. rehearse
  29. counterfeit
  30. take a part
  31. decide
  32. dramatize
  33. deed
  34. star
  35. deport one's self
  36. spout
  37. dissemble
  38. rant
  39. declaim
  40. overact
  41. drive
  42. play the part of
  43. act the part of
  44. execute
  45. make one's debut
  46. exploit
  47. masquerade as
  48. put-on-airs
  49. put on an act
  50. play-act
  51. tread the boards
  52. function
  53. strut-one-s-stuff
  54. ham
  55. labor
  56. mug
  57. move
  58. chew-the-scenery
  59. officiate
  60. throw a performance
  61. operate
  62. produce
  63. upstage
  64. serve
  65. toil
  66. try
  67. wield
  68. work
  69. act as
To produce on the stage.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. Also used with out: do
  2. dramatize
  3. enact
  4. give
  5. play
  6. perform
  7. present
  8. put-on
  9. stage
  10. roleplay
  11. playact
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. in-flagrante-delicto
  2. in-the-act
  3. red-handed

Words Related to Act

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Act Sentence Examples

  • He did not act as if it was bothering him.

  • Act like nothing is wrong.

  • One does not dress or act like a lady.

  • Apparently the horse knew the rider meant business, because it didn't act up again.

  • How did he act strangely?

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