Synonyms of impersonating

impersonating

verb

present participle of impersonate

1

as in mocking

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

• mocking
• playing
• imitating
• portraying
• personating
• acting
• posing (as)
• masquerading (as)
• parodying
• mimicking
• aping
• copying
• miming
• monkeying
• performing
• travestying

2

as in playing

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

• playing
• portraying
• performing
• depicting
• interpreting
• doing
• representing
• acting
• dramatizing
• masquerading
• imitating
• enacting
• rendering
• mimicking
• pantomiming
• aping
• playacting
• acting out
• role-playing
• miming
• underplaying
• clowning
• overacting
• overplaying
• taking on
• hamming
• posing (as)
• roleplaying
• coacting
• costarring
• starring (in)
• co-starring
• co-acting