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

His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

The association said the money was lost after criminals impersonated its leadership and manipulated financial transactions. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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

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