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playact
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playact
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WORDS RELATED TO
PLAYACT
doth
verb
act, behave
acquit oneself
appear
bear
carry
come on like
comport
conduct
demean
deport
discourse
enact
fare
get along
get by
give
go on
impersonate
make out
manage
muddle through
operate
perform
personate
play
playact
portray
present
produce
put on
quit
render the role
seem
stagger along
dramatize
verb
make a performance of
act
amplify
burlesque
enact
exaggerate
execute
farcialize
give color to
ham it up
lay it on
make a production of
melodramatize
overdo
overstate
perform
play on heartstrings
play to gallery
play up
playact
present
produce
show
splash
stage
tragedize
enact
verb
act out; accomplish
achieve
appear as
depict
discourse
do
execute
go on
perform
personate
play
play the part of
playact
portray
represent
enacted
verb
act out; accomplish
achieve
appear as
depict
discourse
do
execute
go on
perform
personate
play
play the part of
playact
portray
represent
enacting
verb
act out; accomplish
achieve
appear as
depict
discourse
do
execute
go on
perform
personate
play
play the part of
playact
portray
represent
impersonate
verb
pretend to be another
act
act a part
act like
act out
ape
assume character
ditto
do
do an impression of
double as
dress as
enact
fake
imitate
make like
masquerade as
mimic
mirror
pass oneself off as
perform
personate
play
play a role
playact
portray
pose as
put on an act
represent
take the part of
made believe
verb
make a show of
act as if
act as though
bluff
counterfeit
dream
enact
fake
fantasize
feign
fool
imagine
let on like
make as if
play
play the part
play-act
playact
pretend
simulate
make believe
verb
make a show of
act as if
act as though
bluff
counterfeit
dream
enact
fake
fantasize
feign
fool
imagine
let on like
make as if
play
play the part
play-act
playact
pretend
simulate
perform
verb
act, depict as entertainment
act out
appear as
be on
bring down the house
discourse
display
do a number
do a turn
dramatize
emote
enact
execute
exhibit
give
go on
ham
ham it up
impersonate
offer
personate
play
playact
present
produce
put on
render
represent
show
stage
tread the boards
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