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play act

VERB
act
Synonyms
STRONGEST
enact perform play portray
STRONG
burlesque characterize dramatize emote feign ham impersonate mime mimic mug parody personate personify pretend rehearse represent simulate star stooge strut
WEAK
be on bring down the house do a turn go on go over ham it up lay an egg make debut play gig play part play role put it over say one's piece take part tread the boards
Antonyms
STRONGEST
direct fail prevent stop
WEAK
abstain cease discontinue give up halt hesitate idle refrain
play-act
VERB
act
Synonyms
WEAK
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 personate 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
VERB
pretend
Synonyms
WEAK
act assume the role counterfeit dissemble fake feign imagine imitate impersonate make as if make believe make out like make up masquerade mimic play portray pose purport put on put on a front put on airs put on an act represent reproduce sham simulate suppose

Example Sentences

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When I was little, I would play act in a swimming pool, for example, creating fake scenes from fake movies.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

We get to play act a war when people are dying.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2024

“We don’t play act — it’s not a game. It’s life.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2017

They are central to the creative process of the theatre but never have to write a play, act a part or sweep a stage; they have the perfect job.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2010

Associate this with Falstaff's soliloquy about honour in the same play, act v. scene 1, and the true character of his courage or cowardice—for it may bear either name—comes out.

From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by MacDonald, George