Synonyms of impersonated

impersonated

verb

past tense of impersonate

1

as in mocked

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior

a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mocked
• played
• imitated
• personated
• portrayed
• acted
• posed (as)
• parodied
• copied
• masqueraded (as)
• mimicked
• aped
• mimed
• performed
• travestied
• monkeyed

2

as in played

to present a portrayal or performance of

interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• performed
• portrayed
• depicted
• interpreted
• acted
• did
• represented
• dramatized
• role-played
• rendered
• masqueraded
• imitated
• enacted
• mimicked
• aped
• pantomimed
• mimed
• acted out
• clowned
• underplayed
• overplayed
• took on
• posed (as)
• costarred
• hammed
• playacted
• overacted
• starred (in)
• coacted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impersonated

In October 2024, Joshua Zuazo and Carlos Hernandez, Amanda's husband, impersonated DTE workers and murdered 72-year-old Hussein Murray inside his Rochester Hills home. — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

More than a year earlier, Arlington, Massachusetts sent four straight monthly payments totaling $446,000 to a criminal who had impersonated a real vendor and asked to switch from paper checks to electronic transfer. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

More than 60 of its organizations that provide direct legal services have been impersonated by con artists. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Is RuPaul’s Drag Race icon Kori King — who famously impersonated Michael Jackson on the red carpet at the 2025 Emmys — engaged in an online squabble involving Kardashian-adjacent reality TV star Blac Chyna’s mother, Tokyo Toni? — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026

The artist briefly backed out, leading the cast and crew to use Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen, who impersonated Prince on the sketch show, in a table read. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Homestead Police Chief Mario Knapp is warning the public after scammers impersonated him in an attempt to steal sensitive banking information. — Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

The second is listed only as a school district employee in the affidavit, who Knowles allegedly impersonated during an exam at Florida Atlantic University in August 2024. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026