Synonyms of persona

persona

noun

as in image

the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person

His public persona is that of a strong, determined leader, but in private life he's very insecure.

The band takes on a whole new persona when they perform live.

Related Words

• image
• portrayal
• facade
• appearance
• pose
• act
• performance
• masquerade
• impersonation
• airs
• charade
• disguise
• guise
• semblance
• front
• show
• pretense
• put-on
• playacting
• affectation
• gloss
• color
• cloak
• camouflage
• duplicity
• deception
• fraud
• guile
• excuse
• deceit
• dissimulation
• fakery
• pretext
• dissembling
• double-dealing

Dissimilar Words

• sincerity
• frankness
• directness
• candor
• forthrightness
• outspokenness
• straightforwardness
• bluntness
• candidness
• genuineness
• naïveté
• openheartedness
• artlessness
• plainspokenness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of persona

Becerra’s campaign leaned into his milquetoast persona and crowned him Tío Xavier — Uncle Xavier — to market him as a non-threatening moderate who happened to be Latino. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Farrelly was particularly impressed by Ippolito’s ability to distinguish the man from his famous screen persona. — ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026

After years of being written off as a stodgy old-school working-class leader, Hochul also surprisingly rebranded herself as a more lively persona. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

As soon as the clock struck midnight, the singer ditched her punk-rock persona in favor of her famous Christmas queen aesthetic. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026