What is another word for portray?
Pronunciation:
[ pɔːtɹˈe͡ɪ], [ pɔːtɹˈeɪ], [ p_ɔː_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ]
Related words: american family tv shows, portrayal of american family, american family sitcoms, american family in popular culture, american family tv show, modern american family, cultural representations of american families, cultural perspectives on the american family
Related questions:
Table of Contents
Similar words for portray:
- limn (noun)
- portray (noun)
- act (verb)
- characterize (verb)
- communication (verb)
- copy (verb)
- delineate (verb)
- depict (verb)
- describe (verb)
- detail (verb)
- do (verb)
- draw (verb)
- enact (verb)
- etch (verb)
- illustrate (verb)
- imitate (verb)
- impersonate (verb)
- interpret (verb)
- narrate (verb)
- paint (verb)
- picture (verb)
- play (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- recite (verb)
- recount (verb)
- render (verb)
- replicate (verb)
- report (verb)
- represent (verb)
- represent, imitate (verb)
- reproduce (verb)
- sketch (verb)
- write (verb)
Synonyms for Portray:
-
n.
-
•
- define .
-
•
- Deus Ex Machina ,
- allegory ,
- anthropomorphic ,
- bathos ,
- characterization ,
- device ,
- dialog ,
- dialogue ,
- dramatic irony ,
- establish ,
- image .
- limn .
-
v.
• act- am on ,
- are on ,
- being on ,
- bring down house ,
- bringing down house ,
- bringing down the house ,
- brings down house ,
- brings down the house ,
- brought down house ,
- brought down the house ,
- did a turn ,
- did turn ,
- didst a turn ,
- didst turn ,
- do turn ,
- does a turn ,
- does turn ,
- doest a turn ,
- doest turn ,
- doeth a turn ,
- doeth turn ,
- doing a turn ,
- doing turn ,
- dost a turn ,
- dost turn ,
- doth a turn ,
- doth turn ,
- is on ,
- laid an egg ,
- laid egg ,
- lay egg ,
- laying an egg ,
- laying egg ,
- lays an egg ,
- lays egg ,
- made debut ,
- makes debut ,
- making debut ,
- played gig ,
- played part ,
- played role ,
- playing gig ,
- playing part ,
- playing role ,
- plays gig ,
- plays part ,
- plays role ,
- puts it over ,
- puts over ,
- putting it over ,
- putting over ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- said one piece ,
- said one's piece ,
- said ones piece ,
- said piece ,
- say one piece ,
- say ones piece ,
- say piece ,
- saying one piece ,
- saying one's piece ,
- saying ones piece ,
- saying piece ,
- says one piece ,
- says one's piece ,
- says ones piece ,
- says piece ,
- takes part ,
- tread boards ,
- trod the boards ,
- was on ,
- wast on ,
- were on ,
- wert on .
- belonged to ,
- belongs to ,
- buttoned down ,
- buttoning down ,
- buttons down ,
- de fine ,
- de fined ,
- de fines ,
- de fining ,
- de-fine ,
- de-fined ,
- de-fines ,
- de-fining ,
- dis criminate ,
- dis criminated ,
- dis criminates ,
- dis criminating ,
- dis-criminate ,
- dis-criminated ,
- dis-criminates ,
- dis-criminating ,
- in form ,
- in forming ,
- in forms ,
- in-forming ,
- in-forms ,
- out line ,
- out lined ,
- out lines ,
- out lining ,
- out-line ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lines ,
- out-lining ,
- peculiarized ,
- peculiarizes ,
- peculiarizing ,
- typecasts .
- carboned ,
- carboning ,
- dittoing ,
- mimeoed ,
- mimeoing ,
- mimeos ,
- para phrase ,
- para phrased ,
- para phrases ,
- para phrasing ,
- para-phrase ,
- para-phrased ,
- para-phrases ,
- para-phrasing ,
- photo copied ,
- photo copies ,
- photo copying ,
- photo stated ,
- photo stating ,
- photo-copied ,
- photo-copies ,
- photo-copy ,
- photo-copying ,
- photo-stated ,
- photo-stating ,
- photostated ,
- photostating ,
- re duplicate ,
- re duplicated ,
- re duplicates ,
- re duplicating ,
- re peat ,
- re peats ,
- re write ,
- re writes ,
- re writing ,
- re written ,
- re wrote ,
- re-duplicate ,
- re-duplicated ,
- re-duplicates ,
- re-duplicating ,
- re-peat ,
- re-peats ,
- re-write ,
- re-writes ,
- re-writing ,
- re-written ,
- re-wrote ,
- statted ,
- statting .
- de pict ,
- de picts ,
- de sign ,
- de signed ,
- de signing ,
- de signs ,
- de-pict ,
- de-picts ,
- de-sign ,
- de-signed ,
- de-signing ,
- de-signs ,
- re late ,
- re ported ,
- re porting ,
- re-lated ,
- re-ported ,
- re-porting .
- conveyed image ,
- conveying image ,
- conveys image ,
- de scribe ,
- de scribed ,
- de scribes ,
- de scribing ,
- de-scribe ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-scribes ,
- de-scribing ,
- ex plicate ,
- ex plicated ,
- ex plicates ,
- ex plicating ,
- ex pound ,
- ex pounded ,
- ex pounding ,
- ex pounds ,
- ex press ,
- ex pressed ,
- ex pressing ,
- ex-plicate ,
- ex-plicated ,
- ex-plicates ,
- ex-plicating ,
- ex-pound ,
- ex-pounded ,
- ex-pounding ,
- ex-pounds ,
- ex-press ,
- ex-pressing ,
- made apparent ,
- made sense of ,
- made vivid ,
- makes apparent ,
- makes clear ,
- makes sense of ,
- makes vivid ,
- making apparent ,
- making sense of ,
- making vivid ,
- marked out ,
- marks out ,
- writ up ,
- writes up ,
- writing up ,
- wrote up .
- Circumstantiating ,
- catalogged ,
- catalogging ,
- circumstantiates ,
- de tail ,
- de tailed ,
- de tailing ,
- de tails ,
- de-tail ,
- de-tailed ,
- de-tailing ,
- de-tails ,
- fly specked ,
- fly specking ,
- fly specks ,
- gat down brass tacks ,
- gat down to brass tacks ,
- get down brass tacks ,
- gets down brass tacks ,
- gets down to brass tacks ,
- getting down brass tacks ,
- getting down to brass tacks ,
- got down brass tacks ,
- got down to brass tacks ,
- gotten down brass tacks ,
- gotten down to brass tacks ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- quote chapter verse ,
- quoted chapter and verse ,
- quoted chapter verse ,
- quotes chapter and verse ,
- quotes chapter verse ,
- quoting chapter and verse ,
- quoting chapter verse ,
- re capitulate ,
- re capitulated ,
- re capitulates ,
- re capitulating ,
- re veals ,
- re-capitulate ,
- re-capitulated ,
- re-capitulates ,
- re-capitulating ,
- re-veal ,
- re-veals ,
- sets forth ,
- sweated details ,
- sweating details ,
- sweats details ,
- un cover ,
- un covered ,
- un covering ,
- un covers ,
- un-cover ,
- un-covering ,
- un-covers .
- acquits oneself ,
- acquitted oneself ,
- acquitting oneself ,
- came like ,
- came on like ,
- come like ,
- comes like ,
- comes on like ,
- coming like ,
- coming on like ,
- de mean ,
- de meaning ,
- de means ,
- de ported ,
- de porting ,
- de-mean ,
- de-meaning ,
- de-means ,
- de-ported ,
- de-porting ,
- dis course ,
- dis coursed ,
- dis courses ,
- dis coursing ,
- dis-course ,
- dis-coursed ,
- dis-courses ,
- dis-coursing ,
- gets by ,
- pre sent ,
- pre-sent ,
- pre-sents ,
- render role ,
- rendered role ,
- rendered the role ,
- rendering role ,
- rendering the role ,
- renders role ,
- renders the role ,
- staggered along ,
- staggering along ,
- staggers along .
- mapped out ,
- maps out ,
- pre pare ,
- pre pared ,
- pre pares ,
- pre paring ,
- pre-pare ,
- pre-pared ,
- pre-paring ,
- pro file ,
- pro filed ,
- pro files ,
- pro filing ,
- pro-file ,
- pro-filed ,
- pro-files ,
- pro-filing .
- appeared as ,
- appearing as ,
- appears as ,
- play part of ,
- played part of ,
- playing part of ,
- playing the part of ,
- plays part of ,
- plays the part of .
- ate in to ,
- eat in to ,
- eating in to ,
- eating into ,
- eats in to ,
- eats into ,
- in grain ,
- in graining ,
- in grains ,
- in scribe ,
- in scribes ,
- in-grain ,
- in-grained ,
- in-graining ,
- in-grains ,
- in-scribe ,
- in-scribes ,
- in-scribing ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces .
- bringing home ,
- brought home ,
- dis close ,
- dis closed ,
- dis closes ,
- dis closing ,
- dis-close ,
- dis-closed ,
- dis-closes ,
- dis-closing ,
- draw picture ,
- drawing a picture ,
- drawing picture ,
- draws a picture ,
- draws picture ,
- drew a picture ,
- drew picture ,
- emblematizes ,
- ex plain ,
- ex plained ,
- ex plaining ,
- ex plains ,
- ex pose ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-plain ,
- ex-plained ,
- ex-plaining ,
- ex-plains ,
- ex-pose ,
- ex-posed ,
- ex-posing ,
- gotten over ,
- in stance ,
- in stances ,
- in-stance ,
- in-stances ,
- limelighted ,
- limelighting ,
- made plain ,
- makes plain ,
- making plain ,
- ostended ,
- ostending ,
- ostends ,
- pointed up ,
- points up ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- show tell ,
- showed and tell ,
- showed tell ,
- showing and tell ,
- showing tell ,
- shows and tell ,
- shows tell .
- ape ,
- counterfeit ,
- ditto ,
- duplicate ,
- echo ,
- emulate ,
- feign ,
- flatter ,
- imitate ,
- mime ,
- mirror ,
- mock ,
- parallel ,
- parody ,
- reflect ,
- repeat ,
- resemble ,
- simulate .
- act part ,
- acted a part ,
- acted like ,
- acted out ,
- acted part ,
- acting like ,
- acting out ,
- acts a part ,
- acts like ,
- acts out ,
- acts part ,
- assumed character ,
- assumes character ,
- assuming character ,
- did an impression of ,
- did impression of ,
- didst an impression of ,
- didst impression of ,
- do impression of ,
- does an impression of ,
- does impression of ,
- doest an impression of ,
- doest impression of ,
- doeth an impression of ,
- doeth impression of ,
- doing an impression of ,
- doing impression of ,
- dost an impression of ,
- dost impression of ,
- doth an impression of ,
- doth impression of ,
- doubled as ,
- doubles as ,
- doubling as ,
- dressed as ,
- dresses as ,
- dressing as ,
- drest as ,
- made like ,
- masquerades as ,
- masquerading as ,
- pass oneself as ,
- passed off as ,
- passed oneself as ,
- passed oneself off as ,
- passes as ,
- passes off as ,
- passes oneself as ,
- passes oneself off as ,
- passing as ,
- passing off as ,
- passing oneself as ,
- passing oneself off as ,
- played a role ,
- playing a role ,
- plays a role ,
- posed as ,
- poses as ,
- posing as ,
- put act ,
- put an act ,
- take part of ,
- takes part of ,
- takes the part of ,
- taking part of ,
- taking the part of ,
- took part of ,
- took the part of .
- de cipher ,
- de ciphered ,
- de ciphering ,
- de ciphers ,
- de code ,
- de coded ,
- de codes ,
- de coding ,
- de-cipher ,
- de-ciphered ,
- de-ciphering ,
- de-ciphers ,
- de-code ,
- de-coded ,
- de-codes ,
- de-coding ,
- makes of ,
- re enact ,
- re enacted ,
- re enacting ,
- re enacts ,
- re-enacted ,
- re-enacting ,
- reenacts ,
- threw light on ,
- throwing light on ,
- throws light on ,
- trans late ,
- trans-lated ,
- under stand ,
- under standing ,
- under stands ,
- under stood ,
- under-standing ,
- under-stands ,
- under-stood .
- de scant ,
- de scanted ,
- de scanting ,
- de scants ,
- de-scant ,
- de-scanted ,
- de-scanting ,
- de-scants ,
- gave account of ,
- gave an account of ,
- give account of ,
- gives account of ,
- gives an account of ,
- giving account of ,
- giving an account of ,
- holds forth ,
- makes known ,
- telling a story ,
- telling story ,
- tells a story ,
- tells story ,
- told a story ,
- told story ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds .
- Frescoing ,
- catch likeness ,
- catches a likeness ,
- catches likeness ,
- catching a likeness ,
- catching likeness ,
- caught a likeness ,
- caught likeness ,
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- glosses over ,
- glossing over ,
- put coats ,
- puts coats ,
- puts on coats ,
- putting coats ,
- putting on coats ,
- slapping on .
- conceives of ,
- conceiving of ,
- photo graphed ,
- photo graphing ,
- photo-graphed ,
- photo-graphing ,
- saw in mind eye ,
- saw in mind's eye ,
- saw in minds eye ,
- saw in the mind eye ,
- saw in the mind's eye ,
- saw in the minds eye ,
- saw mind eye ,
- saw mind's eye ,
- saw minds eye ,
- saw the mind eye ,
- saw the mind's eye ,
- saw the minds eye ,
- see in mind eye ,
- see in mind's eye ,
- see in minds eye ,
- see in the mind eye ,
- see in the minds eye ,
- see mind eye ,
- see mind's eye ,
- see minds eye ,
- see the mind eye ,
- see the mind's eye ,
- see the minds eye ,
- seeing in mind eye ,
- seeing in mind's eye ,
- seeing in minds eye ,
- seeing in the mind eye ,
- seeing in the mind's eye ,
- seeing in the minds eye ,
- seeing mind eye ,
- seeing mind's eye ,
- seeing minds eye ,
- seeing the mind eye ,
- seeing the mind's eye ,
- seeing the minds eye ,
- sees in mind eye ,
- sees in mind's eye ,
- sees in minds eye ,
- sees in the mind eye ,
- sees in the mind's eye ,
- sees in the minds eye ,
- sees mind eye ,
- sees mind's eye ,
- sees minds eye ,
- sees the mind eye ,
- sees the mind's eye ,
- sees the minds eye .
- act part of ,
- acted part of ,
- acted the part of ,
- acting part of ,
- acting the part of ,
- acts part of ,
- acts the part of ,
- played a gig ,
- playing a gig ,
- plays a gig ,
- read part ,
- reading a part ,
- reading part ,
- reads a part ,
- reads part ,
- take role of ,
- takes role of ,
- takes the role of ,
- taking role of ,
- taking the role of ,
- took role of ,
- took the role of .
- assume role ,
- assumed the role ,
- assumes role ,
- assumes the role ,
- assuming role ,
- assuming the role ,
- made as if ,
- made out like ,
- makes as if ,
- makes out like ,
- making as if ,
- making out like ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tended ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tend ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends ,
- put a front ,
- put airs ,
- put front ,
- put on front ,
- puts a front ,
- puts airs ,
- puts front ,
- puts on a front ,
- puts on airs ,
- puts on front ,
- putting a front ,
- putting airs ,
- putting front ,
- putting on a front ,
- putting on front .
- de claim ,
- de claimed ,
- de claiming ,
- de claims ,
- de liver ,
- de livered ,
- de livering ,
- de livers ,
- de-claim ,
- de-claimed ,
- de-claiming ,
- de-claims ,
- de-liver ,
- de-livered ,
- de-livering ,
- de-livers ,
- gave a report ,
- gave account ,
- gave an account ,
- gave report ,
- gave verbal account ,
- give report ,
- gives a report ,
- gives account ,
- gives an account ,
- gives report ,
- gives verbal account ,
- giving a report ,
- giving account ,
- giving an account ,
- giving report ,
- giving verbal account ,
- re cite ,
- re cited ,
- re cites ,
- re citing ,
- re plied ,
- re plying ,
- re tell ,
- re telling ,
- re tells ,
- re told ,
- re-cite ,
- re-cited ,
- re-cites ,
- re-citing ,
- re-plied ,
- re-plying ,
- re-tell ,
- re-telling ,
- re-tells ,
- re-told ,
- reeled off ,
- reeling off ,
- reels off .
- brake a story ,
- brake story ,
- break story ,
- breaking a story ,
- breaking story ,
- breaks a story ,
- breaks story ,
- broke a story ,
- broke story ,
- played back ,
- playing back ,
- plays back ,
- ran by again ,
- re cap ,
- re capped ,
- re capping ,
- re caps ,
- re counted ,
- re counting ,
- re counts ,
- re hash ,
- re hashed ,
- re hashes ,
- re hashing ,
- re-capped ,
- re-capping ,
- re-caps ,
- re-counted ,
- re-counting ,
- re-counts ,
- re-hash ,
- re-hashes ,
- re-hashing ,
- running by again ,
- runs by again ,
- said again ,
- saying again ,
- says again ,
- un load ,
- un loaded ,
- un loading ,
- un loads ,
- un-load ,
- un-loads .
- re plicate ,
- re plicated ,
- re plicates ,
- re plicating ,
- re-plicate ,
- re-plicated ,
- re-plicates ,
- re-plicating .
- didst again ,
- does again ,
- doest again ,
- doeth again ,
- dost again ,
- doth again ,
- mimeographing ,
- re awaken ,
- re awakened ,
- re awakening ,
- re awakens ,
- re create ,
- re did ,
- re does ,
- re doing ,
- re done ,
- re live ,
- re lived ,
- re lives ,
- re living ,
- re made ,
- re make ,
- re makes ,
- re making ,
- re print ,
- re printed ,
- re printing ,
- re prints ,
- re produce ,
- re produced ,
- re produces ,
- re producing ,
- re stamp ,
- re stamped ,
- re stamping ,
- re stamps ,
- re-awaken ,
- re-awakened ,
- re-awakening ,
- re-awakens ,
- re-did ,
- re-does ,
- re-doing ,
- re-done ,
- re-live ,
- re-lived ,
- re-lives ,
- re-living ,
- re-made ,
- re-make ,
- re-makes ,
- re-making ,
- re-print ,
- re-printed ,
- re-printing ,
- re-prints ,
- re-produce ,
- re-produced ,
- re-produces ,
- re-producing ,
- re-stamp ,
- re-stamped ,
- re-stamping ,
- re-stamps ,
- restamped ,
- restamping ,
- restamps ,
- stereo typed ,
- stereo typing ,
- stereo-typing .
Other synonyms:
- double for ,
- overact ,
- play-act .
- COSTAR ,
- enact ,
- understudy .
- express .
- perform .
Other relevant words:
- Allegorized ,
- Allegorizing ,
- CHALKS ,
- Chalked ,
- Chalking ,
- Circumstantiated ,
- DO ,
- Emblematize ,
- Emblematized ,
- Emblematizing ,
- Fared ,
- Frescoed ,
- Frescos ,
- Furrowing ,
- Graving ,
- Imaged ,
- Imitating ,
- Individuating ,
- Labelling ,
- Manifolded ,
- Manifolding ,
- Mirroring ,
- Ostend ,
- Peculiarize ,
- Photostats ,
- RE-CAP ,
- Replicated ,
- Retold ,
- STAT ,
- STATS ,
- Say again ,
- Skeletonize ,
- Soliloquized ,
- Soliloquizing ,
- Told ,
- Typified ,
- acquit oneself ,
- act ,
- act a part ,
- act like ,
- act out ,
- act the part of ,
- acting a part ,
- acting part ,
- allegorize ,
- allegorizes ,
- assume character ,
- ate into ,
- belong to ,
- blueprinted ,
- blueprinting ,
- break a story ,
- bring home ,
- brings home ,
- button down ,
- cartooned ,
- cartooning ,
- catch a likeness ,
- chalk ,
- characterize ,
- circumstantiate ,
- come on like ,
- conceive of ,
- conceived of ,
- convey image ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- delineate ,
- depict ,
- describe ,
- detail ,
- diagramed ,
- diagraming ,
- diagrammed ,
- diagramming ,
- dittoed ,
- do an impression of ,
- double as ,
- draw ,
- draw a picture ,
- dress as ,
- eat into ,
- enumerate ,
- etch ,
- exemplifies ,
- expound ,
- fantasizing ,
- fly speck ,
- fresco ,
- furrowed ,
- get along ,
- get down to brass tacks ,
- give a report ,
- give account ,
- give an account ,
- give an account of ,
- give verbal account ,
- gloss over ,
- glossed over ,
- graved ,
- held forth ,
- highlighted ,
- highlighting ,
- highlights ,
- hold forth ,
- holding forth ,
- identify ,
- illustrate ,
- imaging ,
- impersonate ,
- imprint ,
- individuate ,
- individuated ,
- individuates ,
- inscribe ,
- interpret ,
- labeled ,
- labelled ,
- made clear ,
- made known ,
- make apparent ,
- make clear ,
- make known ,
- make like ,
- make plain ,
- make sense of ,
- make vivid ,
- makes up ,
- making clear ,
- making known ,
- manifolds ,
- mark out ,
- marking out ,
- masquerade as ,
- masqueraded as ,
- mimeo ,
- narrate ,
- paint ,
- painting ,
- parrot ,
- pass as ,
- pass off as ,
- pass oneself off as ,
- passed as ,
- personalized ,
- photo copy ,
- photostatted ,
- photostatting ,
- picture ,
- pigeonholed ,
- plagiarize ,
- play ,
- play a gig ,
- play a role ,
- play act ,
- play back ,
- playact ,
- point up ,
- pointing up ,
- pose as ,
- pretend ,
- put on act ,
- put on coats ,
- quote chapter and verse ,
- read a part ,
- recapitulate ,
- recapped ,
- recapping ,
- recite ,
- recount ,
- reduplicate ,
- reduplicated ,
- reduplicates ,
- reduplicating ,
- reel off ,
- reflects ,
- render ,
- render the role ,
- replicate ,
- represent ,
- reproduce ,
- retell ,
- retelling ,
- retells ,
- run by again ,
- sculpt ,
- sculpted ,
- sculpting ,
- sculpts ,
- see in the mind's eye ,
- set forth ,
- setting forth ,
- sketch ,
- sketch out ,
- slap on ,
- slapped on ,
- slather ,
- slathered ,
- slathering ,
- slathers ,
- soliloquize ,
- soliloquizes ,
- spell out ,
- spelled out ,
- stagger along ,
- sweat details ,
- tabbed ,
- tabbing ,
- take the part of ,
- take the role of ,
- tell ,
- tell a story ,
- tell story ,
- transcribed ,
- typecast ,
- typecasting ,
- verbalize ,
- vivify ,
- write up .
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- Personated ,
- Personating ,
- Strutted ,
- Strutting ,
- be on ,
- bring down the house ,
- do a turn ,
- feigning ,
- go on ,
- goes on ,
- ham up ,
- hammed ,
- hamming ,
- lay an egg ,
- make debut ,
- performs ,
- personate ,
- personates ,
- play gig ,
- play part ,
- play role ,
- portraying ,
- put it over ,
- put over ,
- say one's piece ,
- starred ,
- starring ,
- stooged ,
- stooging ,
- take part ,
- taking part ,
- took part ,
- tread the boards .
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Crayoned ,
- Crayoning ,
- Penciling ,
- Pencilling ,
- Profiled ,
- graphed ,
- graphing ,
- map out ,
- mapping out ,
- modelling ,
- pencil ,
- penciled ,
- pencilled ,
- pencils ,
- profiling ,
- writes .
- copy .
- commentate ,
- commentated ,
- commentates ,
- commentating ,
- made of ,
- make of ,
- making of ,
- re-enact ,
- re-enacts ,
- reenact ,
- reenacted ,
- reenacting ,
- throw light on .
- assume the role ,
- assumed role ,
- make as if ,
- make out like ,
- put on a front ,
- put on airs ,
- putting on airs .
-
•
-
•
-
•
-
•
How to use "Portray" in context?
The word "portray" is a verb meaning "to represent in a picture or on stage." It originated in early theater when a character was "represented" by the use of masks, wigs, and prosthetic limbs. Today, the word is often used in writing to describe the act of portraying someone or something in a story, article, or other form of communication.
Paraphrases for Portray:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
-
Equivalence
-
Verb, base form
depict.
-
Verb, base form
-
Independent
-
Other Related
-
Verb, base form
describe, image, Describing.
-
Verb, base form
Hyponym for Portray:
Word of the Day
- Synonyms:
- certain.