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personate
verb as in act
Strong matches
verb as in do
verb as in enact
verb as in imitate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in impersonate
verb as in mimic
verb as in perform
verb as in play
verb as in play-act
Weak matches
- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personify
- play
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- say one's piece
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
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Example Sentences
The king, by way of joke, desired the earl to personate him, and ordered the petitioner to be admitted.
He composed a love scene for two strings, the E and G, the first was to personate the lady, the second himself.
He did not fare so badly either, for being plump and rosy he was allowed to personate the jolly Friar Tuck.
Francesca and I were now obliged to creep from under the tarpaulins and personate the dishevelled ladies on the strand.
Rudely carved images are placed in different parts of the building, and are supposed to personate their divinity.
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On this page you'll find 373 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to personate, such as: enact, perform, play, portray, burlesque, and characterize.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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