What is another word for impersonate?
871 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪmpˈɜːsənˌe͡ɪt], [ ɪmpˈɜːsənˌeɪt], [ ɪ_m_p_ˈɜː_s_ə_n_ˌeɪ_t]
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Similar words for impersonate:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- mimic (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- act (verb)
- ape (verb)
- communication (verb)
- counterfeit (verb)
- do (verb)
- echo (verb)
- imitate (verb)
- masquerade (verb)
- mimic (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- parody (verb)
- perform (verb)
- personify (verb)
- play (verb)
- portray (verb)
- pose (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- reecho (verb)
- represent (verb)
- other synonyms
- act
- imitate
- other relevant words
- personify
- pretend
- represent
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Impersonate:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
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- honest.
- arts.
v.
• act (verb)- laying egg,
- is on,
- say piece,
- didst turn,
- re hearses,
- lay egg,
- does turn,
- am on,
- played part,
- does a turn,
- brought down house,
- playing gig,
- wast on,
- says one's piece,
- are on,
- brought down the house,
- putting over,
- played gig,
- puts over,
- makes debut,
- puts it over,
- laying an egg,
- made debut,
- re-hearses,
- brings down house,
- re hearse,
- doing a turn,
- doeth turn,
- brings down the house,
- trod the boards,
- doing turn,
- do turn,
- bring down house,
- lays an egg,
- saying one piece,
- said one's piece,
- saying one's piece,
- doth turn,
- tread boards,
- plays part,
- being on,
- did turn,
- takes part,
- doest a turn,
- plays role,
- bringing down the house,
- wert on,
- say ones piece,
- says piece,
- didst a turn,
- saying piece,
- doeth a turn,
- putting it over,
- laid egg,
- says one piece,
- laid an egg,
- re-hearse,
- bringing down house,
- dost a turn,
- did a turn,
- said one piece,
- playing part,
- dost turn,
- saying ones piece,
- doth a turn,
- plays gig,
- lays egg,
- playing role,
- played role,
- says ones piece,
- said piece,
- said ones piece,
- were on,
- doest turn,
- was on,
- say one piece,
- making debut.
- dost like,
- dittoing,
- doing like,
- did like,
- didst like,
- going like,
- does like,
- doest like,
- makes like,
- making like,
- doth like,
- goes like,
- went like,
- doeth like,
- made like.
- de frauds,
- de-frauds,
- carboned,
- acting like,
- de fraud,
- circulated bad money,
- acted like,
- de-ludes,
- de ludes,
- phonying,
- phonied up,
- mimeoed,
- phonies up,
- phonied,
- phonying up,
- de-fraud,
- carboning,
- made money,
- de lude,
- circulating bad money,
- mimeoing,
- statted,
- mimeos,
- acts like,
- statting,
- circulates bad money,
- de-lude.
- de-ported,
- came on like,
- dis-coursed,
- pro duces,
- de meaning,
- gets by,
- dis-courses,
- coming on like,
- staggered along,
- rendered role,
- acquitting oneself,
- de-means,
- render role,
- de-porting,
- come like,
- came like,
- comes like,
- dis coursed,
- pre sent,
- dis coursing,
- dis courses,
- dis-course,
- renders role,
- dis-coursing,
- renders the role,
- de-mean,
- acquitted oneself,
- de ported,
- pre-sent,
- de mean,
- pro-duces,
- pro duce,
- dis course,
- de porting,
- rendering the role,
- comes on like,
- de-meaning,
- staggers along,
- pre-sents,
- staggering along,
- rendered the role,
- acquits oneself,
- rendering role,
- coming like,
- de means.
- re sounding,
- rubberstamps,
- re iterating,
- re sounds,
- re-producing,
- re calling,
- re iterates,
- re-call,
- re-iterating,
- re produced,
- re produce,
- re-acted,
- re-produces,
- re-calls,
- re-called,
- Re-sound,
- re sound,
- re producing,
- rubberstamped,
- re-double,
- re doubled,
- re-doubled,
- re-acting,
- re-calling,
- re-sounding,
- re-sounded,
- rubber-stamping,
- rubber-stamped,
- re doubles,
- re doubling,
- re-iterates,
- re-doubling,
- re-sounds,
- re iterated,
- re-doubles,
- rubberstamping,
- re acting,
- re produces,
- re calls,
- re-iterated,
- re-produce,
- re acted,
- re-produced,
- re iterate,
- re-iterate,
- re double,
- re sounded.
- mirror,
- flatter,
- simulate,
- repeat,
- reflect,
- feign,
- resemble,
- replicate,
- duplicate,
- ditto,
- parallel,
- emulate,
- copy.
- dis-simulates,
- dis-simulated,
- passing for,
- passes as,
- passed for,
- dis-simulate,
- passing as,
- passes for,
- dis simulates,
- dis simulated,
- dis-simulating,
- dis simulating,
- dis simulate.
- panto-mime,
- panto mimes,
- panto mime,
- panto miming,
- panto-mimes,
- panto mimed,
- panto-miming,
- panto-mimed.
- dis-tort,
- did a takeoff of,
- doth a takeoff of,
- poking fun at,
- didst takeoff of,
- did takeoff of,
- doing takeoff of,
- de-rides,
- doest takeoff of,
- dis torts,
- de rides,
- doeth a takeoff of,
- sheiked,
- de-riding,
- does a takeoff of,
- doest a takeoff of,
- de-ride,
- doeth takeoff of,
- didst a takeoff of,
- doth takeoff of,
- dost a takeoff of,
- dis-torts,
- de ride,
- sheiking,
- dis tort,
- doing a takeoff of,
- de riding,
- does takeoff of,
- dost takeoff of,
- do takeoff of.
- dis playing,
- didst a number,
- appears as,
- appeared as,
- acting out,
- dis-plays,
- dis-playing,
- doest number,
- doeth number,
- does number,
- appearing as,
- dost number,
- dost a number,
- dis-play,
- do number,
- doth number,
- dis play,
- does a number,
- doest a number,
- doeth a number,
- doing a number,
- acts out,
- acted out,
- didst number,
- did a number,
- doth a number,
- did number,
- dis plays,
- doing number,
- dis played,
- dis-played.
- personizes,
- hominifying,
- ex pressing,
- lives as,
- ex pressed,
- bodied forth,
- hominifies,
- bodies forth,
- living as,
- personizing,
- personized,
- lived as,
- hominified,
- makes human,
- making human,
- bodying forth,
- emblematizes,
- ex-press,
- ex-pressing,
- ex press.
- playing a gig,
- plays a gig,
- acting part of,
- acted the part of,
- acts part of,
- acting the part of,
- reading a part,
- played a gig,
- reads part,
- taking the role of,
- take role of,
- read part,
- takes role of,
- acts the part of,
- act part of,
- takes the role of,
- reads a part,
- acted part of,
- taking role of,
- reading part,
- took role of,
- took the role of.
- photo-graphing,
- de-picts,
- de scribes,
- de-scribed,
- de scribed,
- de lineate,
- de-pict,
- de lineated,
- de-scribes,
- photo-graphed,
- photo graphing,
- de-scribe,
- de-lineated,
- de-scribing,
- photo graphed,
- de pict,
- de picts,
- de scribing,
- de-lineate,
- de scribe.
- grand standing,
- putting up a front,
- putting front,
- put airs,
- putting up front,
- pro-fess,
- made out like,
- put a front,
- peacocked,
- puts airs,
- put up front,
- grand-stands,
- pro fesses,
- struck attitude,
- taking as,
- taking off as,
- takes off as,
- striking an attitude,
- strikes attitude,
- puts up front,
- grand stand,
- takes as,
- strook attitude,
- struck an attitude,
- took as,
- strike attitude,
- pro fess,
- strook an attitude,
- put front,
- putting a front,
- putting airs,
- puts on airs,
- pro-fesses,
- makes out like,
- making out like,
- strikes an attitude,
- puts front,
- grand stands,
- puts up a front,
- grand-standing,
- took off as,
- puts a front,
- striking attitude.
- re echoes,
- re echoed,
- re-echoed,
- re-bounded,
- re-bound,
- re echo,
- re-bounds,
- re-bounding,
- re bounding,
- re bounded,
- re echoing,
- re bounds,
- re bound.
- be-tokened,
- be token,
- serves as,
- did business for,
- wert agent for,
- is agent for,
- doth business for,
- am agent for,
- acts as,
- holds office,
- are proxy for,
- bought for,
- acts place of,
- held office,
- be tokened,
- assumed the role of,
- acted as broker,
- wast attorney for,
- assuming role of,
- re-presented,
- is attorney for,
- acts in place of,
- dost business for,
- being attorney for,
- buys for,
- corresponded to,
- doing business for,
- be-tokens,
- re presents,
- wert proxy for,
- acting as broker,
- wast agent for,
- acts for,
- art attorney for,
- are attorney for,
- acts as broker,
- didst business for,
- art agent for,
- plays the part,
- assumes role of,
- was attorney for,
- acted place of,
- spoke for,
- were agent for,
- holding office,
- doest business for,
- be-token,
- wert attorney for,
- re presenting,
- be tokens,
- acted in place of,
- re-presenting,
- am attorney for,
- playing the part,
- served as,
- assumed role of,
- does business for,
- were proxy for,
- corresponds to,
- sold for,
- acting place of,
- be tokening,
- spake for,
- re presented,
- re present,
- am proxy for,
- acting for,
- Re-present,
- buying for,
- doeth business for,
- re-presents,
- being proxy for,
- selling for,
- were attorney for,
- are agent for,
- is proxy for,
- assumes the role of,
- be-tokening,
- acting in place of,
- act place of,
- wast proxy for,
- speaks for,
- assume role of,
- art proxy for,
- being agent for,
- sells for,
- assuming the role of,
- was agent for,
- was proxy for.
Other synonyms:
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•
- attitudinize,
- enact,
- takeoff.
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- take off.
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- pass.
- Personating,
- make debut,
- put over,
- personates,
- Burlesquing,
- Strutting,
- taking part,
- Burlesqued,
- Personated,
- stooged,
- feigning,
- starred,
- take part,
- ham up,
- be on,
- stooging,
- personate,
- play part,
- do a turn,
- play gig,
- starring,
- go on,
- tread the boards,
- hammed,
- took part,
- bring down the house,
- Strutted,
- Enacting,
- say one's piece,
- play role,
- lay an egg,
- goes on,
- hamming,
- put it over.
- spoofing,
- reduplicates,
- Replicated,
- Imitating,
- looks like,
- looked like,
- reduplicated,
- spoofed,
- do likewise,
- play a part,
- follow in footsteps,
- reduplicating,
- model after,
- looking like,
- look like,
- modelled after,
- sent up,
- reduplicate,
- pattern after,
- be like,
- playing a part,
- sends up.
- Mocked,
- put on airs,
- represent,
- make like,
- stagger along,
- fake,
- STATS,
- Mirroring,
- Caricaturing,
- masquerade,
- pokes fun at,
- imitate,
- re-echoing,
- play a gig,
- echoes,
- perform,
- Emulated,
- mimeo,
- mime,
- circulate bad money,
- Responding,
- rubber stamped,
- phonies,
- pantomiming,
- Caricatured,
- Frolicking,
- come on like,
- DO,
- pretend,
- rubber-stamps,
- took off,
- pantomimes,
- rubberstamp,
- go like,
- pantomime,
- Lampooned,
- sheiks,
- do a number,
- mock,
- dittoed,
- re-echo,
- make fun of,
- phony up,
- do a takeoff of,
- act out,
- copycatting,
- putting on airs,
- pass as,
- posed,
- poke fun at,
- acquit oneself,
- portraying,
- ape,
- poked fun at,
- echo,
- do like,
- make money,
- read a part,
- act,
- peacocking,
- parrot,
- put up a front,
- Resounded,
- take as,
- re-echoes,
- STAT,
- rubber-stamp,
- makes money,
- performs,
- portray,
- Grand-stand,
- peacock,
- act the part of,
- personify,
- act like,
- play act,
- pass for,
- playact,
- pose,
- peacocks,
- pantomimed,
- reecho,
- take the role of,
- sheik,
- Fared,
- copycatted,
- play,
- get along,
- counterfeit,
- render the role,
- parody,
- strike an attitude,
- take off as,
- react,
- appear as,
- making money,
- passed as,
- laughed at,
- make out like,
- mimic.
- Imaged,
- make human,
- humanize,
- Emblematize,
- incarnates,
- made human,
- live as,
- imaging,
- Emblematized,
- Incarnated,
- Emblematizing,
- externalize,
- hominify,
- Incarnating,
- Personize,
- Typified.
- make as if,
- lay claim,
- be deceitful,
- jiving,
- assumed role,
- be hypocritical,
- Suckered,
- assume the role,
- jives,
- shuck and jive,
- fake out,
- put on a front,
- jazzing,
- laying claim,
- claimed falsely,
- faked out,
- jazzed,
- Suckering,
- put on act,
- claim falsely,
- jive.
- play the part,
- do business for,
- correspond to,
- stewarded,
- acting as,
- acted for,
- factoring,
- be proxy for,
- act in place of,
- sell for,
- stewarding,
- Factored,
- acted as,
- Bodying,
- corresponding to,
- be attorney for,
- buy for,
- bodied,
- speak for,
- assume the role of,
- hold office,
- be agent for,
- serve as,
- act as broker,
- played the part,
- act for,
- serving as,
- speaking for.
- lampoon,
- play out,
- symbolize,
- observance,
- fix,
- portrayal,
- act as,
- illustrate,
- Pretypify,
- interpret,
- enactment,
- realise,
- depiction,
- exemplify,
- pass oneself off as,
- send-up,
- stand for,
- demonstrate,
- performance,
- picture,
- dumbfound,
- bewilder,
- set,
- embody,
- vex,
- fulfillment,
- copycat,
- function,
- typify,
- project,
- manifest,
- epitomize,
- place,
- dissemble,
- incarnate,
- present,
- play over,
- drama,
- pass off as,
- ridicule,
- go as,
- travesty,
- satirize,
- achievement,
- image,
- representation,
- stupefy,
- deed,
- play a role,
- body forth,
- burlesque,
- assume,
- figure,
- position,
- personation,
- shadow,
- masquerade as,
- personalize,
- presentation,
- delineate,
- regulate,
- lay,
- assume character,
- take the part of,
- office,
- secure,
- monkey,
- do an impression of,
- discourse,
- foreshadow,
- double as,
- decree,
- shadow forth,
- set forth,
- sit,
- ply,
- realize,
- prefigure,
- be played,
- depict,
- adumbrate,
- posture,
- execution,
- discharge,
- put forth,
- acting,
- caricature,
- part,
- define,
- put,
- introduce,
- represent oneself as,
- be disguised as,
- support,
- accomplishment,
- model,
- character,
- role.
How to use "Impersonate" in context?
Impersonate is an Oxford English Dictionary word meaning to act the part of someone else, typically for the purpose of deception. In classic dramaturgy, impersonation is used as a theatrical device to construct and reveal the character of a person or role. In the theatrical context, it is often used to explore the boundaries between reality and illusion.
In the context of computer security, impersonation attacks are a type of attack against systems where the attacker attempts to gain access to resources or data that they would not ordinarily be allowed to access.
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