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Antonyms for personate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pur-suh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr səˌneɪt |
Definition of personate
- As in mimic : verb imitate, mock
- As in perform : verb act, depict as entertainment
- As in play : verb act; take the part of
- As in act : verb entertain by playing a role
- As in play-act : verb act
- As in do : verb act, behave
- As in enact : verb act out; accomplish
- As in imitate : verb pretend to be; do an impression of
- As in impersonate : verb pretend to be another
- We fixed upon Pierce to personate the ghost because he was tall and lanky.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- At that moment he was less like himself than was the impostor who came there to personate him.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- Let us fancy him on a journey, try and personate him; that would be the real way.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- I accompanied Linton to Limerick at his request, dressed to personate you.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- It was his own idea to personate you, and the risk is his own.
- Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
- It needed freedom, and the absence of any urgency, to enable him to personate a gentleman.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- Not always, however, did they personate the same characters.
- Extract from : « Daring and Suffering: » by William Pittenger
- His plan, therefore, was to kill him, and then personate him.
- Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang
- He may personate me long enough to kill my father and rifle his hoards.
- Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
- It was a picture that she dared not let her mind rest on: how then could she personate it?
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
Synonyms for personate
- achieve
- acquit oneself
- act
- act a part
- act like
- act out
- act the part of
- affect
- ape
- appear
- appear as
- assume
- assume character
- be like
- be on
- bear
- borrow
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- carbon
- caricature
- carry
- characterize
- clone
- come on like
- comport
- conduct
- copy
- copycat
- counterfeit
- demean
- depict
- deport
- discourse
- display
- ditto
- do
- do a number
- do a turn
- do an impression of
- do like
- do likewise
- double as
- dramatize
- dress as
- duplicate
- echo
- emote
- emulate
- enact
- execute
- exhibit
- fake
- falsify
- fare
- feign
- follow
- follow in footsteps
- follow suit
- forge
- get along
- get by
- give
- go like
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- imitate
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- look like
- make believe
- make debut
- make fun of
- make like
- make out
- manage
- masquerade as
- match
- mime
- mimic
- mirror
- mock
- model after
- muddle through
- mug
- offer
- operate
- pantomime
- parallel
- parody
- parrot
- pass oneself off as
- pattern after
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play a gig
- play a part
- play a role
- play act
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- play the part of
- playact
- portray
- pose as
- present
- pretend
- produce
- put it over
- put on
- put on an act
- quit
- read a part
- reduplicate
- reflect
- rehearse
- render
- render the role
- repeat
- replicate
- represent
- reproduce
- resemble
- ridicule
- say one's piece
- seem
- send up
- sham
- show
- simulate
- spoof
- stage
- stagger along
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take off
- take part
- take the part of
- take the role of
- travesty
- tread the boards
- Xerox
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