Definition for Portray:

• To paint or draw the resemblance of anything; to describe vividly in words, as the appearance of a person.

Synonyms for Portray:

• n.

  •
  • overact,
  • understudy,
  • characterize,
  • define,
  • reproduce,
  • COSTAR,
  • star.
  •
  • characterization,
  • express,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • dialog,
  • image,
  • bathos,
  • allegory,
  • dialogue,
  • device,
  • establish.
  •
  • perform,
  • play,
  • exemplify,
  • act,
  • action,
  • enact,
  • profile,
  • play-act,
  • set forth,
  • substitute,
  • DO.
  •portray (noun)
  • impersonate,
  • present,
  • limn,
  • depict.

• v.

  •creation (verb)
  • present.
  •imitate (verb)
  • flatter,
  • duplicate,
  • emulate,
  • mock,
  • reflect,
  • mime,
  • impersonate,
  • resemble,
  • counterfeit,
  • mirror,
  • mimic,
  • simulate,
  • pretend,
  • parody,
  • imitate,
  • copy,
  • parallel,
  • echo,
  • replicate,
  • feign,
  • repeat,
  • parrot,
  • ditto,
  • ape.
  •report (verb)
  • state,
  • retell,
  • summarize,
  • account,
  • log,
  • table,
  • recount,
  • report,
  • describe,
  • tell,
  • Journalize,
  • chronicle,
  • record,
  • narrate.
  •represent (verb)
  • illustrate,
  • represent,
  • cast,
  • outline,
  • silhouette,
  • depict,
  • approximate,
  • photograph,
  • model,
  • render.
  •represent, imitate (verb)
  • illustrate,
  • reproduce,
  • parody,
  • describe,
  • draw,
  • render,
  • sketch,
  • picture,
  • interpret,
  • paint,
  • limn,
  • mimic,
  • delineate,
  • image,
  • simulate,
  • impersonate,
  • duplicate,
  • photograph,
  • figure,
  • act like,
  • copy,
  • depict,
  • characterize.
  •write (verb)
  • formulate,
  • transcribe,
  • compose,
  • correspond,
  • ghostwrite,
  • write,
  • rewrite.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • interpret,
  • play-act,
  • overact,
  • characterize,
  • reproduce.
  •
  • understudy,
  • COSTAR,
  • enact.
  •
  • recite,
  • star.
  •
  • express.
  •
  • perform.
  •
  • play.
  •
  • act.
  •
  • DO.
  •act
  • personate,
  • play-act,
  • perform.
  •draw
  • pencil.
  •duplicate
  • copy.
  •enact
  • enact,
  • appear as.
  •pretend
  • put on airs.
  •represent
  • body forth.
  •Other relevant words:
  • character,
  • set forth,
  • extend,
  • allow,
  • explain,
  • daguerreotype,
  • pose,
  • characterize,
  • portrait,
  • award,
  • assert,
  • symbolize,
  • commend,
  • Depicture,
  • identify,
  • put on airs,
  • particularize,
  • establish,
  • recite,
  • hatch,
  • draft,
  • verbalize,
  • put,
  • embody,
  • denominate,
  • pass for,
  • allegory,
  • phrase,
  • print,
  • bathos,
  • accomplish,
  • cartoon,
  • consign,
  • interpret,
  • get across,
  • define,
  • term,
  • rub,
  • notate,
  • rehearse,
  • characterization,
  • design,
  • play a role,
  • execute,
  • figure,
  • paint a picture,
  • picture,
  • gift,
  • overact,
  • substitute,
  • introduce,
  • voice,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • snapshot,
  • scumble,
  • masquerade as,
  • visualise,
  • name,
  • symbolise,
  • call,
  • play,
  • mark,
  • catch a likeness,
  • draw,
  • play-act,
  • daub,
  • achieve,
  • device,
  • posture,
  • tint,
  • draw a picture,
  • chalk,
  • shade,
  • star,
  • perform,
  • classify,
  • act a part,
  • take a likeness,
  • evoke,
  • act out,
  • personate,
  • show,
  • crayon,
  • trace,
  • act,
  • pose as,
  • hang down,
  • create,
  • understudy,
  • give,
  • register,
  • image,
  • deliver,
  • descent,
  • chart,
  • exhibit,
  • utter,
  • enact,
  • schematize,
  • appear as,
  • adumbrate,
  • produce,
  • peg,
  • stage,
  • dialog,
  • mold,
  • profile,
  • lay out,
  • body forth,
  • bring to life,
  • etch,
  • ad-lib,
  • relate,
  • recapitulate,
  • sketch,
  • scratch,
  • visualize,
  • acquaint,
  • sum up,
  • DO,
  • Picturize,
  • brand,
  • display,
  • face,
  • commit,
  • diagram,
  • style,
  • map,
  • demo,
  • paint,
  • exemplify,
  • express,
  • designate,
  • present,
  • COSTAR,
  • run over,
  • act like,
  • delineate,
  • charcoal,
  • pencil,
  • detail,
  • demonstrate,
  • put across,
  • pigeon-hole,
  • doodle,
  • envision,
  • dub,
  • limn,
  • attract,
  • play a part,
  • stencil,
  • personify,
  • confront,
  • articulate,
  • give words to,
  • pass as,
  • action,
  • dialogue,
  • say,
  • label,
  • class,
  • shadow forth,
  • reproduce,
  • support,
  • categorize,
  • dash off,
  • communicate,
  • note,
  • crosshatch,
  • salute,
  • bestow,
  • make,
  • submit,
  • put forth,
  • attitudinize,
  • speak,
  • word.

Antonyms for Portray:

• v.

  • represent, imitate
    obscure, be original, mix up, confuse.
  • Other antonyms:
    garble, warp, distort, misstate, Misdescribe, falsify, color, pervert, misrepresent, twist.

Hypernym for Portray:

• v.

  • creation
    commend.

Hyponym for Portray:

• v.

  • communication
    represent.
  • creation
    interpret, represent.