act

Synonyms

airs, charade, disguise, facade (also façade), front, guise, masquerade, playacting, pose, pretense (or pretence), put-on, semblance, show;

Near Antonyms

bluntness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, outspokenness, plainspokenness, straightforwardness;

artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete);

Related Words

impersonation, performance, portrayal;

image, persona;

appearance, color, gloss;

camouflage, cloak;

affectation, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, fraud, guile;

betrayal, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness;

excuse, pretext;

Synonyms

do, impersonate, interpret, perform, play, portray;

Related Words

depict, dramatize, render, represent;

act out, enact, pantomime, playact, role-play, take on;

overact, overplay, underplay;

ape, clown, ham, imitate, masquerade, mime, mimic, pose (as);

star (in);

coact, costar;