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
• enacting
• masquerading
• dramatizing
• imitating
• rendering
• mimicking
• aping
• acting out
• clowning
• pantomiming
• taking on
• playacting
• posing (as)
• miming
• role-playing
• underplaying
• overacting
• coacting
• overplaying
• hamming
• starring (in)
• costarring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impersonating

Colbert gifted Kimmel his Captain America shield, did a sketch-within-an-interview with his son impersonating a Kiwi police officer, and shaved for our amusement. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Researchers noticed that stores impersonating different companies shared technical characteristics. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Waukegan police are warning of a phone scam involving people impersonating local police. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Arquette, 55, plays her brother Rob, who opts to also go back to high school while impersonating a teenager. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

The Yuba County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday detained and arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly impersonating a peace officer on the Yuba College campus in Marysville. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026

One is the behavior Mythos engaged in, which included spinning up fake GitHub accounts, and, in at least one case, impersonating a real software developer, to try to convince Demir to drop his objections to the dangerous code. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Getty Images Fraudsters are mailing physical letters to crypto holders, impersonating the IRS and directing recipients to a fake government website. — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Goods’ son also got a call the family believes was from someone impersonating his missing mother. — Madison Lambert, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026