acting

[ak-ting] / ˈæk tɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

substituting in a role

Synonyms

STRONG

adjutant alternate assistant delegated deputy interim surrogate temporary

WEAK

ad interim pro tem pro tempore provisional

Antonyms

WEAK

permanent

NOUN

entertaining, performing

Synonyms

STRONG

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

WEAK

play acting showing off

Example Sentences

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Has your success in music reshaped your ambitions for acting?

From Los Angeles Times

Wayne's body was acting as a human shield for his eldest daughter, but his mind was elsewhere: with his missing daughter Gigi.

From BBC

And she, you know, she’s been acting for years now.

From Los Angeles Times

These advantages could be critical for building future networks that link quantum computers through satellites acting as relays.

From Science Daily

"We will show the world that we are incapable of standing together and acting at such a crucial moment in our history."

From Barron's