Thesaurus results for PERSONATES

personates

verb

present tense third-person singular of personate

as in mocks

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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And finally, another one of Wang’s creations mocks Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine’s infamously cringe sexts by showing the pop star losing his mind to a picture of Jolly’s derriere in an Instagram DM.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
Trump routinely mocks Newsom and refers to the governor using a derogatory nickname, while Newsom taunts the president with frequent social media posts.

— Darlene Superville, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of mocks

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China currently plays a dominant role in the global tungsten supply chain, leaving the US facing a challenge that goes beyond finding new deposits.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Brunson plays a rapper justifying paying everyone in his entourage to his accountant (Padilla).

— Rima Parikh, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of plays

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When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs have uncovered CrashStealer, a new Mac information stealer that impersonates Apple's crash-reporting software.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of impersonates

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Over the weekend, movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment accused Robinhood of creating an unauthorized market that imitates trading in AMC shares through its overseas platform without the company’s approval.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
Sometimes life imitates art, but other times, art imitates life.

— Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Definition of imitates

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On TV, Absolom portrays Benny in season 2 of Apple TV+’s sci-fi series Silo, opposite Rebecca Ferguson, Common, and Harriet Walter.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
In Madden, Cage costars with Christian Bale, who portrays late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, in the film, which explores Madden’s NFL coaching career and the creation of the popular Madden NFL video games franchise.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of portrays

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Beck was playing a shabby, malnourished musician living in a shack who acts as an emissary of a weird celebrity cult.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Trusting that the agent has the full picture, the team acts on it confidently, moving the majority of ad spend to TikTok.

— Tobin Thomas, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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