Synonyms for personate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pur-suh-neyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr səˌneɪt

Top 10 synonyms for personate Other synonyms for the word personate

Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for personate

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