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Definitions

act out

VERB

act up

Synonyms

WEAK

carry on raise hell rebel sow one's wild oats

VERB

act up (misbehave)

Synonyms

WEAK

be bad be out of line behave badly carry on fool around horseplay make trouble misbehave rebel set a bad example show off

Antonyms

WEAK

behave

VERB

gesture/gesticulate

Synonyms

WEAK

flag indicate mime pantomime signal signalize use one's hands use sign language wave

Antonyms

WEAK

speak

VERB

impersonate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act like imitate masquerade as mimic portray pose as

STRONG

act ape ditto do enact fake mirror perform personate play playact represent

WEAK

act a part assume character do an impression of double as dress as make like pass oneself off as play a role put on an act take the part of

Antonyms

STRONG

direct fail halt idle prevent stop

WEAK

be original differ oppose reverse

VERB

perform

Synonyms

STRONGEST

display execute give go on offer play present produce represent show stage

STRONG

discourse dramatize emote enact exhibit ham impersonate personate playact render

WEAK

appear as be on bring down the house do a number do a turn ham it up put on tread the boards

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon conceal deny hide refrain refuse take withhold

STRONG

fail

WEAK

direct halt prevent stop

VERB

personify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embody epitomize exemplify illustrate incarnate manifest symbolize typify

STRONG

contain copy express exteriorize externalize humanize image imitate impersonate materialize mirror objectify substantiate

WEAK

body forth emblematize hominify live as make human personize

Antonyms

STRONGEST

obscure

STRONG

be original differ oppose reverse

VERB

signalize

Synonyms

STRONG

flag gesticulate indicate mime motion pantomime sign signal wave

WEAK

give the high sign use one's hands use sign language

Example Sentences

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Lunny described her staff being asked to act out Timothy's behaviour as "appalling".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Some of her middle school students are unafraid to initiate conversations about immigration enforcement, she said, while others keep their feelings to themselves or act out.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

Players roll a dice to move their pawns across the board, with each landing spot corresponding to cards containing questions or instructions to act out disaster-specific responses.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Doricko beamed as he watched the teens act out a surreal debate between a girl playing him and another playing Marjorie Taylor Greene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

The boys had to act out their rivalry too.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

act out

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