portray

characterize, define, label, qualify, represent

demonstrate, illustrate

narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell

display, exhibit, show

hint, suggest

draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette

summarize, sum up, touch off

redescribe, reimage

categorize, classify, pigeonhole, type

color, identify, indicate, name, specify

distinguish, individualize, mark, particularize, stamp

delineate, describe, document, render

outline, silhouette, sketch

illustrate, show

diagram

caricature

depict, dramatize, render, represent

act out, enact, pantomime, playact, role-play, take on

overact, overplay, underplay

ape, clown, ham, imitate, masquerade, mime, mimic, pose (as)

star (in)

coact, costar