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
  • Jack Coleman, who played her father on the NBC drama, shared an emotional tribute on Instagram.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping is taking fans of the dystopian franchise back to Panem for the Second Quarter Quell, in which one Haymitch Abernathy (now played by Aussie actor Joseph Zada) will be forced to fight for his life.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of played
Verb
  • Trump has all but severed America’s system of alliances, mocked and bullied Ukraine’s president, and showered praise upon Kim Jong Un.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the vitriol apparently stems from the developers releasing GTA VI without physical copies of the game, a decision that was roundly mocked and derided last month.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of mocked
Verb
  • His character Ned Schneebly was supposed to be substituting — until Dewey impersonated him and stepped in.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The association said the money was lost after criminals impersonated its leadership and manipulated financial transactions.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of impersonated
Verb
  • Still, Nixon created a blueprint for presidential lawlessness that Trump imitated and greatly expanded.
    — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The University of Chicago, University of Illinois and Columbia University soon imitated this approach.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Definition of imitated
Verb
  • Wuornos, a serial killer who murdered seven men in 1989 and 1990, was previously portrayed by Charlize Theron in the 2003 film Monster.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As so often, the new stadium was portrayed as a symbol of a brighter future.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of portrayed
Verb
  • He was bounced before the fourth quarter and acted like a principled victim.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The case led in 2022 to investigations of four German museums that in some cases unwittingly acted as intermediaries for sales between the dealers and art museums worldwide.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of acted
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“Personated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personated. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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