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Synonyms for acting
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : ak-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk tɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for acting
- ad interim
- enacting
- enactment
- feigning
- hamming
- histrionics
- imitating
- imitation
- impersonation
- improvisation
- interim
- mime
- mimicry
- pantomime
- performance
- play acting
- playing
- portrayal
- portraying
- posing
- posturing
- pretending
- pretense
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- putting
- rendition
- seeming
- showing off
- simulating
- stagecraft
- stooging
- surrogate
- temporary
- theatre
- theatricals
Définition of acting
Origin :- 1590s, "putting forth activity," present participle adjective from act (v.). Meaning "performing temporary duties" is from 1797.
- adj substituting in a role
- noun entertaining, performing
- Stephen, moreover, always shrank from his uncle when acting professionally.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- But are you quite certain that you are acting wisely, Miss Ward?
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- In my day we used to have something like acting at the old Park.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
- He was acting like a crazy boy, and he was a man, all of twenty-two!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She lifted her eyes to his, and for once she was not acting.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- One who pretends to be another's friend, and yet betrays him, is acting a lie.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- Futurity can be no source of alarm to him who is conscious of acting right.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- I admit I must seem to be acting strangely, but I can't help it.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- Acting on the hint Davie had given me, I soon discovered the second meal-tub.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Of course, you know my father is deeply concerned in it also, so I am acting in a measure for him.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for acting
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