Definition for Portrayal:

• Act of portraying; delineation.

Synonyms for Portrayal:

• n.

  •
  • expression,
  • show.
  •acting (noun)
  • stagecraft,
  • feigning,
  • portraying,
  • Theatricals,
  • stooging,
  • posturings,
  • Imitating,
  • characterizations,
  • Enacting,
  • seeming,
  • seemings,
  • playings,
  • pantomimes,
  • hamming,
  • pantomime.
  •art (noun)
  • de-sign,
  • pictorializations,
  • modelings,
  • symbolizations,
  • sculptings,
  • de signs,
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • sketchings.
  •depicting (noun)
  • depicting.
  •depiction (noun)
  • copy,
  • replica,
  • imitation.
  •description (noun)
  • re citation,
  • ex-plication,
  • re citations,
  • re-citation,
  • ex planation,
  • de tail,
  • ex-plications,
  • re-cord,
  • summarizations,
  • de-tails,
  • ex plications,
  • re cord,
  • recountals,
  • de-tail,
  • ex-planations,
  • in-formation,
  • re cords,
  • de tails,
  • in-formations,
  • re-cords,
  • in formations,
  • ex planations,
  • blow by blows,
  • ex plication,
  • re-citations.
  •drawing (noun)
  • tracings,
  • COMPS,
  • storyboards,
  • graphics,
  • COMP,
  • commercial art,
  • Storyboard.
  •enactment (noun)
  • personation,
  • personations.
  •icon (noun)
  • graphic images,
  • painted images,
  • graphical user interfaces.
  •imitation (noun)
  • impersonation,
  • carbon,
  • reflection,
  • simulation,
  • mockery,
  • emulation,
  • resemblance,
  • parallel,
  • echo,
  • travesty,
  • caricature,
  • sham,
  • pretense,
  • pseudo,
  • burlesque,
  • duplicate,
  • parody,
  • mimicry,
  • counterfeit,
  • spoof,
  • mirror,
  • replication.
  •map (noun)
  • ground plan,
  • globe,
  • Atlantes,
  • topographical depiction,
  • atlas,
  • PLATS,
  • plat,
  • Atlases.
  •painting (noun)
  • abstract designs,
  • oil paintings,
  • art works.
  •performance (noun)
  • dis-play,
  • re views,
  • re view,
  • stage shows,
  • re-view,
  • dis plays,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis play,
  • re-views.
  •picture (noun)
  • re creations,
  • re-plica,
  • re plica.
  •portrait (noun)
  • pro files,
  • pro file,
  • pro-files,
  • pro-file.
  •recital (noun)
  • re capitulation,
  • detailings,
  • re-petition,
  • re counting,
  • re-capitulation,
  • recountings,
  • re-counting,
  • de-tailings,
  • re petition,
  • re petitions,
  • re capitulations,
  • de-tailing,
  • de tailings,
  • re-petitions,
  • re-capitulations,
  • de tailing.
  •rendition (noun)
  • de livery,
  • de liveries,
  • de-livery,
  • de-liveries.
  •report (noun)
  • monograph,
  • recounting,
  • account,
  • retelling,
  • memoir,
  • article,
  • treatise,
  • anecdote,
  • record,
  • summary,
  • statement,
  • narrative,
  • telling,
  • history,
  • log,
  • chronicle,
  • journal,
  • diary,
  • table.
  •representation (noun)
  • effigy,
  • analogy,
  • statue,
  • cast,
  • duplication,
  • cartoon,
  • approximation,
  • bust,
  • model,
  • image,
  • idol,
  • carving,
  • pastiche,
  • metaphor,
  • miniature,
  • figurine,
  • outline,
  • illustration,
  • rendering,
  • photograph,
  • snapshot,
  • silhouette,
  • impression,
  • facsimile.
  •reproduction (noun)
  • Reenactment,
  • look-alike,
  • reprintings,
  • pix,
  • reprinting,
  • offprint,
  • mimeo,
  • mimeograph,
  • Photostats,
  • STATS,
  • PICS,
  • pic,
  • reenactments,
  • mimeographs,
  • offprints,
  • Xray,
  • flimsies,
  • STAT,
  • chip off old block,
  • re-enactment,
  • photo copy,
  • look alike,
  • REPRO,
  • Spawning.
  •role (noun)
  • walkons,
  • walk-ons,
  • walkon,
  • walk ons,
  • walk on.
  •sketch (noun)
  • adumbrations.
  •version (noun)
  • re statement,
  • re wording,
  • re-statement,
  • redactions,
  • para phrase,
  • re-statements,
  • re wordings,
  • re-wordings,
  • re statements,
  • re-wording,
  • para-phrases,
  • para-phrase,
  • para phrases.
  •writing (noun)
  • formulation,
  • journalism,
  • typescript,
  • literature,
  • calligraphy,
  • rewriting,
  • handwriting,
  • authorship,
  • writing,
  • recording,
  • notation,
  • composition,
  • correspondence,
  • ghostwriting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • profile,
  • map,
  • panorama,
  • recitation,
  • rigmarole,
  • sob story,
  • preview,
  • story,
  • tale,
  • running commentary.
  •
  • buildup.
  •
  • presentation.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hokum,
  • design,
  • stage business,
  • itemization,
  • catalog,
  • printing,
  • particularization,
  • study,
  • act,
  • form,
  • slapstick,
  • gag,
  • retailing,
  • categorization,
  • variety,
  • tableau,
  • revelation,
  • specification,
  • Describing,
  • type,
  • tablature,
  • alphabet,
  • construction,
  • personification,
  • pantomiming,
  • masquerade,
  • rehearsal,
  • plan,
  • character sketch,
  • score,
  • imaging,
  • script,
  • enactment,
  • thumbnail sketch,
  • cameo,
  • details,
  • head,
  • drama,
  • dumb show,
  • blueprint,
  • exposition,
  • variation,
  • Chronicling,
  • variant,
  • choreography,
  • syllabary,
  • overacting,
  • musical notation,
  • interpretation,
  • style,
  • manifestation,
  • diagram,
  • cataloging,
  • relation,
  • ideogram,
  • line drawing,
  • narration,
  • file,
  • Aping,
  • showing,
  • dance notation,
  • Relating,
  • unfolding,
  • projection,
  • explanation,
  • mimesis,
  • incarnation,
  • modeling,
  • stunt,
  • charactering,
  • letter,
  • demonstration,
  • logogram,
  • chart,
  • construct,
  • imagery,
  • conception,
  • character,
  • hoke,
  • realization,
  • idea,
  • posing,
  • limning,
  • stage directions,
  • graphic account,
  • dossier,
  • kind,
  • symbol,
  • passage,
  • schema,
  • hieroglyphic,
  • Prefigurement,
  • pictogram,
  • embodiment,
  • miming,
  • ham,
  • logograph,
  • buffoonery,
  • patter,
  • adaptation,
  • persona,
  • detailing,
  • Mimicking,
  • exemplification,
  • evocation,
  • business,
  • Iconography,
  • mummery.

Paraphrases for Portrayal:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    depiction.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    depiction.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    description.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    profile, imagery, photography, photograph, reputation, overview, perception, submission.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    representation, representations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    portrait, picture, pictures, representation, snapshot, narrative, painting, evocation, likeness, underrepresentation.

Antonyms for Portrayal:

• n.

  • depiction
    original.

Portrayal Sentence Examples:

• They by no means differ from their contemporaries through peculiar modes of thought or feeling, or by an especial manner of portrayal, but only through greater depth, fervour, tenderness, and power.

• As a novel, 'Ramona' must stand beside 'Romola, ' both as regards literary excellence and the portrayal of life's deepest, most vital, most solemn interests.