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.

  •
  • star,
  • COSTAR,
  • understudy,
  • define.
  •
  • characterization,
  • express,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • dialog,
  • image,
  • bathos,
  • allegory,
  • dialogue,
  • device,
  • establish.
  •
  • exemplify,
  • substitute,
  • perform,
  • action,
  • profile.
  •portray (noun)
  • limn.

• v.

  •creation (verb)
  • present.
  •imitate (verb)
  • reflect,
  • simulate,
  • repeat,
  • ape,
  • mirror,
  • parody,
  • parallel,
  • resemble,
  • flatter,
  • echo,
  • mime,
  • imitate,
  • ditto,
  • feign,
  • emulate,
  • counterfeit,
  • mock,
  • duplicate.
  •report (verb)
  • chronicle,
  • account,
  • log,
  • summarize,
  • state,
  • record,
  • report,
  • Journalize,
  • table.
  •represent (verb)
  • outline,
  • approximate,
  • cast,
  • model,
  • photograph,
  • silhouette.
  •represent, imitate (verb)
  • figure.
  •write (verb)
  • formulate,
  • transcribe,
  • compose,
  • correspond,
  • ghostwrite,
  • write,
  • rewrite.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • overact,
  • play-act.
  •
  • enact.
  •act
  • personate.
  •draw
  • pencil.
  •duplicate
  • copy.
  •enact
  • appear as.
  •pretend
  • put on airs.
  •represent
  • body forth.

Paraphrases for Portray:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    depict.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    lay, highlight, convey, articulate, illustrate, paint, represent, presents, express, demonstrate, reflect, produce, photograph, show, display, pose, introduce, characterize, imagine, exemplify, expose, shoot, showcase, capture, reveal, transmit, conceive.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    describe, Describing, image.

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.