personate

personate

verb

Definition of PERSONATE

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior <likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was>

Synonyms act, masquerade (as), personate, play, pose (as)

Related Words ape, copy, imitate, mime, mimic, mock, monkey, parody, travesty; perform, portray