Synonyms of portrayed

portrayed

verb

past tense of portray

1

as in described

to give a representation or account of in words

the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• described
• depicted
• painted
• rendered
• characterized
• set out
• illustrated
• sketched
• pictured
• defined
• represented
• delineated
• recounted
• limned
• imaged
• drew
• summarized
• labelled
• reported
• displayed
• related
• labeled
• narrated
• told
• exhibited
• demonstrated
• showed
• suggested
• outlined
• recited
• qualified
• traced
• hinted
• rehearsed
• drafted
• silhouetted
• vignetted
• touched off
• summed up
• redescribed
• reimaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorted
• colored
• misrepresented
• twisted
• falsified
• perverted
• warped
• garbled
• misstated
• misdescribed

2

as in characterized

to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group

traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• described
• characterized
• depicted
• defined
• represented
• identified
• charactered
• classified
• categorized
• indicated
• typed
• specified
• pigeonholed
• marked
• named
• colored
• stamped
• individualized
• distinguished
• particularized

3

as in depicted

to present a picture of

a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depicted
• represented
• described
• pictured
• documented
• imaged
• rendered
• outlined
• illustrated
• sketched
• showed
• delineated
• silhouetted
• caricatured
• diagramed
• diagrammed

4

as in played

to present a portrayal or performance of

gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• performed
• depicted
• interpreted
• represented
• did
• acted
• impersonated
• dramatized
• rendered
• enacted
• role-played
• pantomimed
• acted out
• mimicked
• masqueraded
• underplayed
• imitated
• overacted
• overplayed
• posed (as)
• mimed
• hammed
• aped
• took on
• playacted
• clowned
• roleplayed
• starred (in)
• costarred
• co-acted
• co-starred
• coacted