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personate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of personate

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

  • likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was
Synonyms of personate

act, impersonate, masquerade (as), play, pose (as)
Words Related to personate

ape, copy, imitate, mime, mimic, mock, monkey, parody, travesty

perform, portray

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