Synonyms of the word impersonate


IMPERSONATEACT - BETRAY - DECEIVE - MOCK - PERSONATE - PLAY - PORTRAY - POSE - REPRESENT

impersonate

  • v. (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

act

  • n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  • n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  • n. The process of doing something.
  • n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  • n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  • n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  • n. (countable) Any organized activity.
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  • n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  • v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • v. (transitive) To play (a role).
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

betray

  • v. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously…
  • v. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
  • v. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make…
  • v. To disclose or discover, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
  • v. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
  • v. To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
  • v. To show or to indicate something not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

deceive

  • v. To trick or mislead.

mock

  • n. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
  • n. Mockery, the act of mocking.
  • n. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
  • v. To mimic, to simulate.
  • v. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
  • v. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
  • adj. Imitation, not genuine; fake.

personate

  • v. (transitive) To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
  • v. (transitive) To portray a character (as in a play); to act.
  • v. (transitive) To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.
  • v. (transitive) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
  • adj. (botany) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

play

  • v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
  • v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  • v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
  • v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  • v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
  • v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
  • v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
  • v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
  • v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
  • v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
  • n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  • n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  • n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
  • n. The conduct, or course of a game.
  • n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  • n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  • n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
  • n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  • n. (countable) A major move by a business.
  • n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
  • n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
  • n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
  • n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

portray

  • v. To paint or draw the likeness of.
  • v. (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
  • v. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
  • v. To adorn with pictures.

pose

  • n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
  • v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
  • v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
  • v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
  • n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
  • n. Affectation.
  • v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
  • v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
  • v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).

represent

  • v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
  • v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
  • v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
  • v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
  • v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
  • v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
  • v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
  • v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
  • v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
  • v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
  • v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…

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