What is another word for portray?
Pronunciation:
[ pɔːtɹˈe͡ɪ], [ pɔːtɹˈeɪ], [ p_ɔː_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ]
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Similar words for portray:
- limn (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- act (verb)
- characterize (verb)
- communication (verb)
- copy (verb)
- creation (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)
- other synonyms
- act
- draw
- duplicate
- enact
- interpret
- other relevant words
- pretend
- represent
- reproduce
Synonyms for Portray:
n.
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•
- star,
- COSTAR,
- understudy,
- define,
- ad lib.
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•
- Deus Ex Machina,
- characterization,
- device,
- anthropomorphic,
- allegory,
- dramatic irony,
- express,
- dialog,
- establish,
- image,
- bathos,
- dialogue.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- reflect,
- simulate,
- repeat,
- ape,
- mirror,
- parody,
- parallel,
- resemble,
- flatter,
- echo,
- mime,
- imitate,
- ditto,
- feign,
- emulate,
- counterfeit,
- mock,
- duplicate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- re plicating,
- re-plicates,
- re plicated,
- re-plicated,
- re-plicating,
- re-plicate,
- re plicate,
- re plicates.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- play-act,
- double for,
- overact.
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- enact.
- 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.
- pencils,
- mapping out,
- graphing,
- map out,
- Crayoned,
- writes,
- Profiled,
- graphed,
- Penciling,
- pencilled,
- profiling,
- Pencilling,
- pencil,
- Caricaturing,
- Caricatured,
- modelling,
- Crayoning,
- penciled.
- copy.
- re-enacts,
- commentate,
- re-enact,
- reenacting,
- reenacted,
- reenact,
- make of,
- throw light on,
- commentated,
- commentating,
- commentates,
- making of,
- made of.
- Circumstantiated,
- typecasting,
- photostatted,
- pigeonholed,
- pass off as,
- assume character,
- DO,
- setting forth,
- pass as,
- eat into,
- circumstantiate,
- Skeletonize,
- Graving,
- pass oneself off as,
- sculpting,
- recapping,
- covering up,
- Photostats,
- paint,
- narrate,
- reduplicates,
- labeled,
- graved,
- makes up,
- detail,
- Typified,
- come on like,
- describe,
- individuate,
- button down,
- Allegorized,
- gloss over,
- catch a likeness,
- see in the mind's eye,
- diagramed,
- slapped on,
- make clear,
- retelling,
- represent,
- Soliloquized,
- give verbal account,
- act like,
- make sense of,
- highlighting,
- illustrate,
- belong to,
- set forth,
- interpret,
- passed as,
- allegorizes,
- spelled out,
- blueprinted,
- STAT,
- Frescoed,
- play a gig,
- Furrowing,
- sculpted,
- draw,
- retells,
- diagraming,
- verbalize,
- diagramming,
- slathered,
- vivify,
- photo copy,
- slathers,
- play,
- give account,
- chalk,
- Ostend,
- Manifolded,
- enumerate,
- masquerade as,
- make known,
- act out,
- quote chapter and verse,
- play back,
- cartooning,
- make plain,
- blueprinting,
- allegorize,
- reel off,
- give a report,
- Imaged,
- get along,
- Chalking,
- typecast,
- ate into,
- brings home,
- making clear,
- marking out,
- reflects,
- furrowed,
- pretend,
- hold forth,
- conceived of,
- RE-CAP,
- STATS,
- Mirroring,
- masqueraded as,
- Peculiarize,
- dittoed,
- inscribe,
- fresco,
- Emblematized,
- Emblematize,
- personalized,
- slathering,
- pose as,
- make apparent,
- delineate,
- CHALKS,
- depict,
- act,
- Individuating,
- render the role,
- highlights,
- mark out,
- recapitulate,
- take the part of,
- tell,
- dress as,
- soliloquize,
- made known,
- making known,
- cartooned,
- identify,
- imprint,
- reduplicating,
- stagger along,
- playact,
- put on act,
- recount,
- covers up,
- read a part,
- highlighted,
- acting part,
- soliloquizes,
- imaging,
- double as,
- reduplicated,
- tabbed,
- conceive of,
- impersonate,
- Say again,
- expound,
- write up,
- tell a story,
- sculpts,
- fantasizing,
- convey image,
- labelled,
- individuates,
- slather,
- Imitating,
- sweat details,
- make vivid,
- get down to brass tacks,
- painting,
- point up,
- put on coats,
- Emblematizing,
- retell,
- fly speck,
- sketch,
- break a story,
- slap on,
- covered up,
- recite,
- cover up,
- etch,
- render,
- Frescos,
- draw a picture,
- acquit oneself,
- do an impression of,
- mimeo,
- Manifolding,
- exemplifies,
- sculpt,
- recapped,
- Told,
- tell story,
- tabbing,
- play a role,
- Fared,
- make like,
- Replicated,
- spell out,
- bring home,
- run by again,
- held forth,
- characterize,
- play act,
- act a part,
- holding forth,
- sketch out,
- picture,
- Chalked,
- reproduce,
- reduplicate,
- photostatting,
- made clear,
- give an account of,
- parrot,
- individuated,
- manifolds,
- Retold,
- replicate,
- plagiarize,
- pointing up,
- act the part of,
- Labelling,
- acting a part,
- Soliloquizing,
- Allegorizing,
- transcribed,
- take the role of,
- give an account,
- diagrammed,
- glossed over.
Paraphrases for Portray:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
depict.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
describe, image, Describing.
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Verb, base form
Hypernym for Portray:
v.
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creation
commend.
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creation
Hyponym for Portray:
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- Synonyms:
- hypertensive.