play the part

VERB

make believe

Synonyms

WEAK

act as if act as though bluff counterfeit dream enact fake fantasize feign fool imagine let on like make as if play play-act playact pretend simulate

Antonyms

WEAK

live reality

VERB

put on an act

Synonyms

WEAK

bluff fake feign invent let on like make up play possum pose pretend simulate

VERB

represent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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 appear as assume the role of be agent for be attorney for be proxy for buy for correspond to do business for emblematize hold office put on sell for stand for steward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

refuse

STRONG

be original differ imbalance oppose reverse stop

Example Sentences

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It's more unusual for a US actress to play the part, but Coward actually based the character on an American he'd met at a dinner party in 1921.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

You have these opportunities, you read something, you hope you get to play the part because you believe in the story and you believe in the filmmaker and you believe in your co-star.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

When she does such exercises with clients, Matsis-McCready will often play the part of a frustrated, or emotional, employee learning of a layoff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

He continues to play the part from the TV show “The Apprentice.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

They ask Dilip Nandi to play the part of Ashima’s brother, to hold the child and feed him rice, the Bengali staff of life, for the very first time.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

play the part

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