Synonyms for Portray:

• n.

  •
  • star,
  • COSTAR,
  • understudy,
  • define,
  • ad lib.
  •
  • Deus Ex Machina,
  • characterization,
  • device,
  • anthropomorphic,
  • allegory,
  • dramatic irony,
  • express,
  • dialog,
  • establish,
  • image,
  • bathos,
  • dialogue.
  •
  • perform,
  • substitute,
  • action,
  • exemplify,
  • pin down,
  • performing arts,
  • profile.
  •limn (noun)
  • limn.

• v.

  •act (verb)
  • laid an egg,
  • lays egg,
  • were on,
  • bring down house,
  • does turn,
  • wert on,
  • says piece,
  • doest turn,
  • tread boards,
  • played part,
  • doth turn,
  • say ones piece,
  • doest a turn,
  • re-hearse,
  • dost turn,
  • playing part,
  • playing role,
  • am on,
  • said piece,
  • being on,
  • brings down the house,
  • plays role,
  • lays an egg,
  • says ones piece,
  • puts it over,
  • re-hearses,
  • said one's piece,
  • bringing down house,
  • does a turn,
  • didst turn,
  • re hearse,
  • doing turn,
  • bringing down the house,
  • putting it over,
  • puts over,
  • playing gig,
  • doeth a turn,
  • doth a turn,
  • says one's piece,
  • brought down the house,
  • brings down house,
  • putting over,
  • said one piece,
  • laid egg,
  • played gig,
  • is on,
  • re hearses,
  • say piece,
  • plays part,
  • brought down house,
  • saying piece,
  • wast on,
  • said ones piece,
  • did turn,
  • saying one piece,
  • played role,
  • lay egg,
  • plays gig,
  • laying egg,
  • say one piece,
  • do turn,
  • takes part,
  • was on,
  • dost a turn,
  • did a turn,
  • are on,
  • made debut,
  • trod the boards,
  • says one piece,
  • didst a turn,
  • laying an egg,
  • making debut,
  • saying ones piece,
  • doing a turn,
  • saying one's piece,
  • doeth turn,
  • makes debut.
  •characterize (verb)
  • belongs to,
  • dis criminating,
  • peculiarized,
  • typecasts,
  • dis-criminating,
  • dis-criminated,
  • out lined,
  • peculiarizes,
  • de fined,
  • in form,
  • out-lining,
  • out line,
  • de fine,
  • out-lined,
  • dis criminate,
  • buttoned down,
  • out lines,
  • dis criminated,
  • in forms,
  • in forming,
  • de-fined,
  • de fines,
  • dis-criminate,
  • buttons down,
  • buttoning down,
  • belonged to,
  • peculiarizing,
  • out-line,
  • out-lines,
  • de-fines,
  • out lining,
  • de-fine,
  • dis-criminates,
  • in-forming,
  • dis criminates,
  • de-fining,
  • in-forms,
  • de fining.
  •communication (verb)
  • portray.
  •copy (verb)
  • para-phrases,
  • re duplicated,
  • re duplicate,
  • mimeos,
  • re write,
  • para phrases,
  • re-written,
  • photo-copying,
  • dittoing,
  • re wrote,
  • re-duplicates,
  • mimeoed,
  • statting,
  • para-phrasing,
  • re peats,
  • photo copies,
  • photo-copies,
  • photo-stating,
  • re duplicates,
  • para phrase,
  • para phrasing,
  • re writing,
  • para-phrase,
  • photo-copied,
  • re-write,
  • re peat,
  • re written,
  • photostated,
  • photo stated,
  • photo-copy,
  • re-wrote,
  • re duplicating,
  • re-duplicated,
  • re-peats,
  • re-writing,
  • re-writes,
  • photostating,
  • photo copied,
  • statted,
  • para phrased,
  • photo-stated,
  • carboning,
  • re-peat,
  • mimeoing,
  • para-phrased,
  • photo stating,
  • photo copying,
  • re-duplicating,
  • re-duplicate,
  • re writes,
  • carboned.
  •creation (verb)
  • present.
  •delineate (verb)
  • de-lineate,
  • sketching out,
  • de lineate,
  • de lineated,
  • de-lineated,
  • sketches out,
  • sketched out.
  •depict (verb)
  • re porting,
  • re-porting,
  • re-lated,
  • de pict,
  • de-signing,
  • re ported,
  • re late,
  • re-ported,
  • de-picts,
  • de signing,
  • de-signed,
  • de-sign,
  • de sign,
  • de-pict,
  • de signs,
  • de picts,
  • de-signs,
  • de signed.
  •describe (verb)
  • ex pounded,
  • ex press,
  • made apparent,
  • ex-plicates,
  • ex pound,
  • de-scribe,
  • marked out,
  • ex pounding,
  • ex pressing,
  • de scribe,
  • ex pounds,
  • ex-plicate,
  • ex-pressing,
  • makes apparent,
  • conveyed image,
  • ex-plicated,
  • made vivid,
  • de scribed,
  • de scribing,
  • ex-plicating,
  • de-scribes,
  • makes clear,
  • writes up,
  • ex plicated,
  • marks out,
  • makes sense of,
  • conveys image,
  • de-scribed,
  • wrote up,
  • ex plicating,
  • conveying image,
  • de-scribing,
  • ex-pound,
  • ex-press,
  • writ up,
  • de scribes,
  • ex plicate,
  • making sense of,
  • ex-pounds,
  • ex plicates,
  • ex-pounded,
  • ex pressed,
  • ex-pounding,
  • made sense of,
  • making apparent,
  • making vivid,
  • writing up,
  • makes vivid.
  •detail (verb)
  • sweats details,
  • re-capitulate,
  • sets forth,
  • quotes chapter and verse,
  • re capitulated,
  • fly specks,
  • gotten down brass tacks,
  • de tailed,
  • catalogging,
  • de tails,
  • gets down brass tacks,
  • Circumstantiating,
  • get down brass tacks,
  • sweating details,
  • fly specking,
  • re veals,
  • gat down to brass tacks,
  • un-covering,
  • getting down brass tacks,
  • gat down brass tacks,
  • re capitulate,
  • catalogged,
  • got down to brass tacks,
  • fly specked,
  • de-tailing,
  • pro duce,
  • de tailing,
  • circumstantiates,
  • de-tail,
  • re-capitulates,
  • un covered,
  • re-veal,
  • sweated details,
  • quoting chapter and verse,
  • un covers,
  • quote chapter verse,
  • gotten down to brass tacks,
  • un-covers,
  • re-veals,
  • quotes chapter verse,
  • un-cover,
  • de-tails,
  • quoted chapter verse,
  • quoting chapter verse,
  • got down brass tacks,
  • de tail,
  • de-tailed,
  • un cover,
  • getting down to brass tacks,
  • pro-duces,
  • quoted chapter and verse,
  • re-capitulated,
  • re capitulating,
  • pro duces,
  • un covering,
  • gets down to brass tacks,
  • re-capitulating,
  • re capitulates.
  •do (verb)
  • de porting,
  • dis-course,
  • de-porting,
  • dis-coursing,
  • de-meaning,
  • pre-sent,
  • rendered the role,
  • gets by,
  • acquits oneself,
  • de meaning,
  • de-mean,
  • coming like,
  • came like,
  • acquitting oneself,
  • render role,
  • de means,
  • dis coursing,
  • rendering the role,
  • pre-sents,
  • staggered along,
  • come like,
  • renders the role,
  • coming on like,
  • dis courses,
  • dis-coursed,
  • renders role,
  • dis course,
  • came on like,
  • rendering role,
  • rendered role,
  • de ported,
  • staggers along,
  • de-ported,
  • dis-courses,
  • pre sent,
  • de mean,
  • staggering along,
  • dis coursed,
  • acquitted oneself,
  • de-means,
  • comes on like,
  • comes like.
  •draw (verb)
  • pre-pare,
  • pro file,
  • pro filing,
  • pro-filed,
  • pre pare,
  • pro-files,
  • pro files,
  • maps out,
  • pre pares,
  • mapped out,
  • pro-file,
  • pro-filing,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre paring,
  • pro filed,
  • pre pared,
  • pre-pared.
  •enact (verb)
  • appearing as,
  • appeared as,
  • appears as,
  • playing the part of,
  • playing part of,
  • play part of,
  • played part of,
  • plays the part of,
  • plays part of.
  •etch (verb)
  • re-duces,
  • re-duce,
  • in grain,
  • in-grained,
  • in scribe,
  • eating into,
  • eats in to,
  • re duces,
  • in-graining,
  • in scribes,
  • in-scribe,
  • in-grain,
  • in-scribing,
  • eating in to,
  • eats into,
  • eat in to,
  • in-scribes,
  • ate in to,
  • in-grains,
  • re duce,
  • in grains,
  • in graining.
  •illustrate (verb)
  • bringing home,
  • ex plained,
  • pro claim,
  • limelighting,
  • draw picture,
  • in-stances,
  • pointed up,
  • pro-claiming,
  • in stance,
  • ex plains,
  • ex-plained,
  • ex-posing,
  • drawing picture,
  • show tell,
  • ex plain,
  • ostending,
  • gotten over,
  • ex-plaining,
  • dis-close,
  • showed tell,
  • dis close,
  • makes plain,
  • ostended,
  • limelighted,
  • dis closed,
  • dis-closes,
  • in stances,
  • ex-plain,
  • ex-pose,
  • made plain,
  • pro-claims,
  • pro claiming,
  • shows and tell,
  • pro claimed,
  • draws picture,
  • ex posed,
  • ostends,
  • ex-plains,
  • emblematizes,
  • shows tell,
  • making plain,
  • showing and tell,
  • pro claims,
  • dis closing,
  • dis-closed,
  • brought home,
  • showed and tell,
  • ex-posed,
  • drew picture,
  • ex pose,
  • drawing a picture,
  • ex plaining,
  • showing tell,
  • draws a picture,
  • dis closes,
  • drew a picture,
  • in-stance,
  • points up,
  • dis-closing.
  •imitate (verb)
  • reflect,
  • simulate,
  • repeat,
  • ape,
  • mirror,
  • parody,
  • parallel,
  • resemble,
  • flatter,
  • echo,
  • mime,
  • imitate,
  • ditto,
  • feign,
  • emulate,
  • counterfeit,
  • mock,
  • duplicate.
  •impersonate (verb)
  • acted out,
  • dressing as,
  • poses as,
  • posing as,
  • doth an impression of,
  • does impression of,
  • made like,
  • takes the part of,
  • took the part of,
  • assumed character,
  • passes oneself as,
  • put act,
  • acting out,
  • did an impression of,
  • passing as,
  • passing oneself off as,
  • doing impression of,
  • acts part,
  • assuming character,
  • doth impression of,
  • playing a role,
  • taking the part of,
  • does an impression of,
  • dost an impression of,
  • passed off as,
  • dressed as,
  • doubling as,
  • passes oneself off as,
  • plays a role,
  • doest impression of,
  • passing oneself as,
  • did impression of,
  • pass oneself as,
  • takes part of,
  • drest as,
  • acts a part,
  • do impression of,
  • doeth an impression of,
  • didst an impression of,
  • acted a part,
  • dresses as,
  • put an act,
  • dost impression of,
  • doubles as,
  • played a role,
  • acted like,
  • passed oneself as,
  • took part of,
  • doing an impression of,
  • passes as,
  • acted part,
  • passing off as,
  • acting like,
  • doest an impression of,
  • acts out,
  • posed as,
  • masquerades as,
  • didst impression of,
  • passed oneself off as,
  • act part,
  • doeth impression of,
  • masquerading as,
  • doubled as,
  • taking part of,
  • passes off as,
  • acts like,
  • take part of,
  • assumes character.
  •interpret (verb)
  • de-ciphers,
  • de-ciphered,
  • de coding,
  • trans-lated,
  • de-cipher,
  • re-enacting,
  • re enact,
  • re enacts,
  • de cipher,
  • de ciphering,
  • de codes,
  • under-stood,
  • de-code,
  • makes of,
  • de-codes,
  • de coded,
  • under stand,
  • de ciphers,
  • threw light on,
  • de-coding,
  • under stood,
  • under-standing,
  • re-enacted,
  • reenacts,
  • trans late,
  • re enacting,
  • re enacted,
  • under-stands,
  • throwing light on,
  • under stands,
  • de ciphered,
  • de code,
  • de-ciphering,
  • throws light on,
  • under standing,
  • de-coded.
  •narrate (verb)
  • tells a story,
  • gave account of,
  • de-scanted,
  • gave an account of,
  • de scants,
  • holds forth,
  • un fold,
  • un-folding,
  • giving an account of,
  • telling a story,
  • de-scanting,
  • telling story,
  • de scanted,
  • de-scants,
  • told a story,
  • give account of,
  • un-fold,
  • giving account of,
  • un folding,
  • told story,
  • un folds,
  • de scanting,
  • de scant,
  • un-folded,
  • gives account of,
  • un folded,
  • gives an account of,
  • tells story,
  • makes known,
  • un-folds,
  • de-scant.
  •paint (verb)
  • puts on coats,
  • slapping on,
  • putting coats,
  • Frescoing,
  • glosses over,
  • puts coats,
  • put coats,
  • putting on coats,
  • caught likeness,
  • catching a likeness,
  • co-loring,
  • co loring,
  • catches a likeness,
  • caught a likeness,
  • catching likeness,
  • catch likeness,
  • glossing over,
  • catches likeness.
  •picture (verb)
  • see in mind's eye,
  • sees in mind eye,
  • photo-graphed,
  • saw in mind's eye,
  • sees in the mind eye,
  • see minds eye,
  • see in minds eye,
  • conceiving of,
  • see mind's eye,
  • conceives of,
  • see in the minds eye,
  • see the mind's eye,
  • sees in mind's eye,
  • saw minds eye,
  • seeing minds eye,
  • sees the mind's eye,
  • seeing mind's eye,
  • photo graphing,
  • photo graphed,
  • saw in the minds eye,
  • see in mind eye,
  • saw the mind eye,
  • seeing in mind eye,
  • saw in the mind's eye,
  • seeing in mind's eye,
  • sees in minds eye,
  • saw in the mind eye,
  • saw the mind's eye,
  • sees the minds eye,
  • seeing mind eye,
  • saw mind's eye,
  • sees mind's eye,
  • sees mind eye,
  • sees in the minds eye,
  • seeing in the mind's eye,
  • see in the mind eye,
  • see the mind eye,
  • saw in minds eye,
  • see mind eye,
  • seeing the minds eye,
  • seeing in the mind eye,
  • saw in mind eye,
  • sees the mind eye,
  • seeing in minds eye,
  • seeing the mind eye,
  • seeing the mind's eye,
  • saw the minds eye,
  • seeing in the minds eye,
  • photo-graphing,
  • see the minds eye,
  • saw mind eye,
  • sees minds eye,
  • sees in the mind's eye.
  •play (verb)
  • took role of,
  • taking the role of,
  • acts the part of,
  • reading a part,
  • playing a gig,
  • acting part of,
  • acting the part of,
  • taking role of,
  • reading part,
  • plays a gig,
  • reads part,
  • read part,
  • takes role of,
  • acted the part of,
  • acts part of,
  • acted part of,
  • take role of,
  • act part of,
  • reads a part,
  • takes the role of,
  • took the role of,
  • played a gig.
  •pretend (verb)
  • pre tending,
  • assumed the role,
  • puts airs,
  • makes out like,
  • pre-tends,
  • pre-tending,
  • pre tended,
  • assume role,
  • assuming the role,
  • putting on a front,
  • assumes role,
  • making out like,
  • makes as if,
  • assumes the role,
  • put airs,
  • assuming role,
  • made as if,
  • pre-tend,
  • putting a front,
  • puts on a front,
  • putting front,
  • puts on front,
  • puts on airs,
  • putting on front,
  • pre-tended,
  • pre tends,
  • put a front,
  • puts a front,
  • putting airs,
  • making as if,
  • put front,
  • puts front,
  • pre tend,
  • made out like,
  • put on front.
  •recite (verb)
  • gives a report,
  • de liver,
  • gives report,
  • re tells,
  • gave report,
  • re told,
  • giving a report,
  • re citing,
  • re tell,
  • gives an account,
  • re-plying,
  • gives verbal account,
  • gave account,
  • de claiming,
  • de livered,
  • de-livers,
  • de-liver,
  • de claim,
  • giving report,
  • de livers,
  • de-claiming,
  • re-telling,
  • de-claim,
  • giving an account,
  • re-tells,
  • de livering,
  • re-citing,
  • re cite,
  • re plying,
  • giving account,
  • giving verbal account,
  • gave an account,
  • de claims,
  • give report,
  • re-cites,
  • re-cite,
  • reels off,
  • re cited,
  • re-cited,
  • reeling off,
  • re-tell,
  • de-livering,
  • re cites,
  • de-claims,
  • gave verbal account,
  • reeled off,
  • de-livered,
  • de claimed,
  • re-told,
  • gave a report,
  • re-plied,
  • re telling,
  • gives account,
  • de-claimed,
  • re plied.
  •recount (verb)
  • re-hashing,
  • runs by again,
  • broke a story,
  • brake a story,
  • un loading,
  • played back,
  • re hashing,
  • says again,
  • breaking a story,
  • re-counted,
  • break story,
  • un loads,
  • re-capped,
  • re caps,
  • brake story,
  • re hash,
  • re-hashes,
  • un loaded,
  • said again,
  • un-loads,
  • re-hash,
  • broke story,
  • re counting,
  • breaking story,
  • re hashes,
  • re counts,
  • un-load,
  • re hashed,
  • breaks a story,
  • re cap,
  • plays back,
  • re counted,
  • breaks story,
  • re-caps,
  • re-capping,
  • ran by again,
  • re-counting,
  • un load,
  • re capping,
  • re capped,
  • saying again,
  • re-counts,
  • running by again,
  • playing back.
  •render (verb)
  • dis playing,
  • dis-played,
  • dis play,
  • dis-play,
  • dis-playing,
  • dis plays,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis played.
  •replicate (verb)
  • re plicating,
  • re-plicates,
  • re plicated,
  • re-plicated,
  • re-plicating,
  • re-plicate,
  • re plicate,
  • re plicates.
  •report (verb)
  • chronicle,
  • account,
  • log,
  • summarize,
  • state,
  • record,
  • report,
  • Journalize,
  • table.
  •represent (verb)
  • outline,
  • approximate,
  • cast,
  • model,
  • photograph,
  • silhouette.
  •represent, imitate (verb)
  • figure.
  •reproduce (verb)
  • re printing,
  • re-awaken,
  • re-did,
  • re done,
  • re-awakens,
  • re did,
  • re-lives,
  • restamped,
  • re-produces,
  • re-done,
  • stereo-typing,
  • mimeographing,
  • re produce,
  • re prints,
  • re-make,
  • re awakened,
  • re-producing,
  • re-made,
  • re lives,
  • re print,
  • re create,
  • re awakens,
  • stereo typing,
  • re-prints,
  • stereo typed,
  • didst again,
  • doth again,
  • re producing,
  • re-stamping,
  • re-stamp,
  • re making,
  • re-live,
  • re awakening,
  • re lived,
  • re-printing,
  • re awaken,
  • re-stamped,
  • restamping,
  • re-awakened,
  • re stamps,
  • re-produce,
  • re-doing,
  • re live,
  • re doing,
  • re stamp,
  • re-printed,
  • re-print,
  • re-awakening,
  • re living,
  • does again,
  • re make,
  • re-living,
  • dost again,
  • re-stamps,
  • re-lived,
  • re printed,
  • restamps,
  • doest again,
  • re produced,
  • re made,
  • re produces,
  • re-makes,
  • re does,
  • re stamped,
  • re-does,
  • doeth again,
  • re-making,
  • re stamping,
  • re-produced,
  • re makes.
  •sketch (verb)
  • Skeletonizing,
  • skeletonizes,
  • skeletoned,
  • Skeletonized,
  • skeletoning.
  •write (verb)
  • formulate,
  • transcribe,
  • compose,
  • correspond,
  • ghostwrite,
  • write,
  • rewrite.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • play-act,
  • double for,
  • overact.
  •
  • enact.
  •act
  • Personated,
  • feigning,
  • taking part,
  • say one's piece,
  • performs,
  • goes on,
  • Burlesquing,
  • be on,
  • portraying,
  • play role,
  • go on,
  • took part,
  • starring,
  • hamming,
  • stooged,
  • personate,
  • put over,
  • Strutted,
  • lay an egg,
  • do a turn,
  • tread the boards,
  • play gig,
  • make debut,
  • put it over,
  • Strutting,
  • Personating,
  • hammed,
  • ham up,
  • play part,
  • take part,
  • personates,
  • bring down the house,
  • Burlesqued,
  • starred,
  • stooging.
  •draw
  • pencils,
  • mapping out,
  • graphing,
  • map out,
  • Crayoned,
  • writes,
  • Profiled,
  • graphed,
  • Penciling,
  • pencilled,
  • profiling,
  • Pencilling,
  • pencil,
  • Caricaturing,
  • Caricatured,
  • modelling,
  • Crayoning,
  • penciled.
  •duplicate
  • copy.
  •enact
  • appear as,
  • played the part of,
  • play the part of,
  • Enacting.
  •interpret
  • re-enacts,
  • commentate,
  • re-enact,
  • reenacting,
  • reenacted,
  • reenact,
  • make of,
  • throw light on,
  • commentated,
  • commentating,
  • commentates,
  • making of,
  • made of.
  •pretend
  • assume the role,
  • put on a front,
  • make as if,
  • put on airs,
  • assumed role,
  • putting on airs,
  • make out like.
  •represent
  • body forth.
  •reproduce
  • relives,
  • reprinting,
  • reprints,
  • did again,
  • mimeograph,
  • remake,
  • doing again,
  • relive,
  • reprinted,
  • Pirated,
  • remakes,
  • mimeographs,
  • mimeographed,
  • Pirating,
  • reprint,
  • relived,
  • do again,
  • restamp,
  • reliving.

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.