portraying

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representing adj.
acting n.

ADJECTIVE

representing

Synonyms

STRONG

characterizing defining delineating depicting describing exhibiting illustrating interpreting mirroring personifying picturing presenting reporting reproducing revealing showing symbolizing

Antonyms

WEAK

distorting misrepresentation misrepresenting

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

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portraying

And it was really fun to catch up with him, especially considering how much he’s shouldered in portraying Dr. Michael Rabinovitch, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway lead the cast as Odysseus and Penelope, with Tom Holland portraying their son Telemachus.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

To Bateman, no amount of convincing mimicry changes the fact that an AI figure has never actually experienced the emotions it’s portraying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Sir Anthony is known for portraying psychotic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 horror film The Silence Of The Lambs, for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor the following year.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Or maybe it would come across as confidence, portraying a mystical belief that the scale wouldn’t betray him.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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