Related Words for portray

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depict
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Verb, Verb
impersonate
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Verb, Verb
present
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Verb, Verb
characterize
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Verb
represent
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Verb
convey
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Verb
personify
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Verb
juxtapose
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Verb
embody
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Verb
portrayal
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Noun
evoke
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Verb
dramatize
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Verb
characterise
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Verb
emulate
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Verb
equate
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Verb
illustrate
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Verb
exemplify
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Verb
insinuate
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Verb
describe
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Verb
accentuate
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Verb
relate
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Verb
identify
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Verb
recreate
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Verb
create
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Verb
mimic
/x
Noun
allude
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Verb
narrate
/x
Verb
typify
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Verb
capture
/x
Noun
encapsulate
x/xx
Verb
classify
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Verb
emphasize
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Verb
expose
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Verb
imitate
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Verb
promote
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Verb
denigrate
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Verb
imply
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Verb
replicate
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Noun
humanize
/xx
Verb
downplay
/x
Verb
imbue
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Verb
ascribe
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Verb
distinguish
x/x
Verb
demonstrate
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Verb
convince
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Verb
demonize
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Verb
reflect
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Verb
interpret
x/x
Verb
recast
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Verb
persuade
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Verb
conjure
/x
Verb
define
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Verb
showcase
/x
Noun
engage
x/
Verb
fabricate
/xx
Verb
misrepresent
xxx/
Verb
employ
x/
Verb
glorify
/xx
Verb
superimpose
xxx/
Verb
orchestrate
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Verb
encompass
x/x
Verb
produce
x/
Verb
contextualize
x/xxx
Verb
incite
x/
Verb
perceive
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Verb
compose
x/
Verb
manipulate
x/xx
Verb
deconstruct
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Verb
appear
x/
Verb
reconcile
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Verb
visualize
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Verb
recognize
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Verb
symbolize
/xx
Verb
resemble
x/x
Verb
simulate
/xx
Verb
accompany
x/xx
Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
lampoon
x/
Noun
picturing
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Verb
envision
x/x
Verb
disassociate
xx/xx
Verb
transform
x/
Verb
exonerate
x/xx
Verb
perpetuate
x/xx
Verb
vindicate
/xx
Verb
romanticize
x/xx
Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
implicate
/xx
Verb
incorporate
x/xx
Verb
distort
x/
Verb
induce
x/
Verb
introduce
xx/
Verb
refer
x/
Verb
entrap
x/
Verb
reconstruct
xx/
Verb
reinterpret
xx/x
Verb
attempting
x/x
Verb
teach
/
Verb
liken
/x
Verb
categorize
/xxx
Verb
differentiate
xx/xx
Verb
conceptualize
x/xx
Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
emphasise
/xx
Verb
marginalize
/xxx
Verb
denounce
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Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb
reframe
xx
Verb
correspond
xx/
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
indicate
/xx
Verb
motivate
/xx
Verb
malign
x/
Adjective
remind
x/
Verb
confront
x/
Verb
contradict
xx/
Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
embrace
x/
Noun
populate
/xx
Verb
embellish
x/x
Verb
strive
/
Verb
adorn
x/
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
attract
x/
Verb
decry
x/
Verb
render
/x
Verb
epitomize
x/xx
Verb
defame
x/
Verb
correlate
/xx
Noun
objectify
x/xx
Verb
communicate
x/xx
Verb
reenact
xx/
Verb
entice
x/
Verb
speak
/
Verb
instigate
/xx
Verb
deduce
x/
Verb
paint
/
Noun
delineate
x/xx
Verb
idealize
x/x
Verb
figure
/x
Noun
personalize
/xxx
Verb
image
/x
Noun
make
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Verb
have
/
Verb
sculpture
/x
Noun
brush up
//
Phrase, Verb
table
/x
Noun
silhouette
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Noun
draw
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Verb
color
/x
Noun
utilitarian
xxx/xx
Verb
stereotypes
/xxx
Verb
realistically
xx/xx
Adverb
vividly
/xx
Adverb
graphically
/xx
Adverb
inaccurately
x/xxx
Adverb
accurately
/xxx
Adverb
gospels
/x
Noun
abstinent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
acculturated
x/xxx
Adjective
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
actor
/x
Noun
adult
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
androgynous
x/xx
Adjective
biologically
xx/xx
Adverb
bisexual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
commend
x/
Verb, Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
copy
/x
Noun, Verb
display
x/
Noun, Verb
divorced
x/
Adjective
enact
x/
Verb
enslaved
x/
Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
heterosexual
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
hispanic
x/x
Adjective, Name
imagine
x/x
Verb, Noun
incarcerated
x/xxx
Noun
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
lodge
/
Noun, Verb
married
/x
Adjective, Noun
mature
x/
Adjective, Verb
monogamous
x/xx
Adjective
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
photograph
/xx
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
pose
/
Verb, Noun
pretend
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
provide
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Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
show
/
Verb, Noun
submit
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Verb
theater
/xx
Noun
trace
/
Noun, Verb
uncover
x/x
Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb