Synonyms of the word

portrayal

• n. The act of portraying.
• n. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.

acting

• adj. Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
• v. present participle of act.
• n. An intended action or deed.
• n. Pretending.
• n. (drama) The occupation of an actor.
• n. (law) The deeds or actions of parties are called actings to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deeds…

characterisation

• n. (British spelling) Alternative form of characterization.

characterization

• n. The act or process of characterizing.

delineation

• n. The act of delineating; depiction.
• n. (art) An image of the outline of an object.
• n. A graphic verbal description.

depicting

• v. present participle of depict.

depiction

• n. a lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
• n. a drawing or painting.
• n. a representation.

enactment

• n. The act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
• n. (law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.

likeness

• n. The state or quality of being like or alike; similitude; resemblance; similarity.
• n. Appearance or form; guise.
• n. That which closely resembles; a portrait.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To depict.

performing

• n. performance.
• v. present participle of perform.

personation

• n. The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character.
• n. The roles or characters so played.
• n. (Britain) The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.

picture

• n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
• n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• n. A painting.
• n. A photograph.
• n. (informal) A motion picture.
• n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• n. An attractive sight.
• n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
• n. A figure; a model.
• n. Situation.
• v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
• v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
• v. (transitive) To depict.

picturing

• v. present participle of picture.
• n. depiction.

playacting

• v. present participle of playact.
• n. pretence.
• n. overdramatic behaviour.

playing

• n. (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
• v. present participle of play.

portrait

• n. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
• n. (figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
• n. (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
• v. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
• adj. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.

portraiture

• n. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
• n. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
• n. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

portraying

• v. present participle of portray.

semblance

• n. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
• n. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.