personated

verb

past tense of personate
as in played
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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personated
  1. played
  2. mocked
  3. impersonated
  4. imitated
  5. portrayed
  6. acted
Verb
  • The bridge — which connects Detroit and Windsor, Ontario — was named after legendary Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe who played for the Detroit Red Wings, symbolizing the longstanding relationship between the two countries.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Wallack’s critique was echoed by former Beach Commissioner Saul Gross, a real estate investor who has played a significant role in Art Deco district preservation and whose Streamline Properties is on Washington.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of played
Verb
  • Florida State coach Mike Norvell, hailed for building a behemoth through the portal in 2023, is now never-endingly mocked by rivals.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Hilton was quickly mocked, with online commenters pointing out that authentic Mexican street tacos are served in soft tortillas, cooked up by street vendors, and that the hard-shell varieties found in a fast-food chain do not count as the real deal.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026
Definition of mocked
Verb
  • Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • The second is listed only as a school district employee in the affidavit, who Knowles allegedly impersonated during an exam at Florida Atlantic University in August 2024.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
Definition of impersonated
Verb
  • But according to some luxury brands, authenticity is something that is often imitated but never replicated.
    — James Sneed, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • They were both reviled and imitated, but always watched as a pop cultural spectacle.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Definition of imitated
Verb
  • But in the aftermath of recent accusations against the late leader, Alvarado decided to recut his doc to remove the moments in which Chavez is portrayed in an overly positive light as a civil rights hero.
    — Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
  • The official Islamic Republic News Agency posted video that portrayed the launch of the strikes.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of portrayed
Verb
  • Accordingly, the Court expressly finds that Plaintiffs acted in bad faith.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • This is the army’s effort to modernize how battlefield information is collected, transmitted, and acted upon.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
Definition of acted
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