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appear as

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enact v.
perform v.
represent v.

VERB

enact

Synonyms

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achieve execute

STRONG

depict discourse do perform personate play playact portray represent

WEAK

go on play the part of

Antonyms

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fail miss

STRONG

direct

WEAK

hinder prevent refuse repeal stop veto

VERB

perform

Synonyms

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

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discourse dramatize emote enact exhibit ham impersonate personate playact render

WEAK

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

Antonyms

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abandon conceal deny hide refrain refuse take withhold

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fail

WEAK

direct halt prevent stop

VERB

represent

Synonyms

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mean perform produce serve serve as show speak for

STRONG

be betoken body copy embody enact epitomize equal equate exemplify exhibit express factor imitate impersonate personify reproduce stage substitute typify

WEAK

act as act as broker act for act in place of assume the role of be agent for be attorney for be proxy for buy for correspond to do business for emblematize hold office play the part put on sell for stand for steward

Antonyms

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refuse

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be original differ imbalance oppose reverse stop

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appear as

Last Sunday morning, Thomas was at the BBC's offices in Cardiff to appear as a guest on the Politics Wales programme.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

A pair of women, seeming doppelgängers of Ari’s roommate and a second guest, suddenly appear; as inexplicably, the host vanishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Cowin may appear as the subject in her photographs, but she is primarily the narrator, an intriguingly unreliable narrator who recognizes the inevitability of multiple, simultaneous truths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

The coating encourages more droplets to appear as water vapor condenses while also making it easier for those droplets to leave the surface.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

"No, Brother, we have to make such decisions ourselves. Even if we must sometimes appear as charlatans."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

appear as

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