impersonate
English Thesaurus
1. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | betray, deceive, lead astray, |
| definition | : | cause someone to believe an untruth (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | masquerade, |
| definition | : | pretend to be someone or something that you are not (verb.communication) |
2. represent another person with comic intentions (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | mock, |
| definition | : | imitate with mockery and derision (verb.communication) |
3. assume or act the character of (verb.creation)
| domain category | : | performing arts, |
| definition | : | arts or skills that require public performance (noun.cognition) |
4. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal, |
| definition | : | acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, personation, |
| definition | : | imitating the mannerisms of another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, imposture, |
| definition | : | pretending to be another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | imitator, impersonator, |
| definition | : | someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another (noun.person) |
5. represent another person with comic intentions (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | character, part, persona, role, theatrical role, |
| definition | : | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | caricature, imitation, impersonation, |
| definition | : | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect (noun.communication) |
6. assume or act the character of (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal, |
| definition | : | acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, personation, |
| definition | : | imitating the mannerisms of another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, imposture, |
| definition | : | pretending to be another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | character, part, persona, role, theatrical role, |
| definition | : | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition) |
7. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal, |
| definition | : | acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, personation, |
| definition | : | imitating the mannerisms of another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, imposture, |
| definition | : | pretending to be another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | imitator, impersonator, |
| definition | : | someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another (noun.person) |
8. represent another person with comic intentions (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | character, part, persona, role, theatrical role, |
| definition | : | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | caricature, imitation, impersonation, |
| definition | : | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect (noun.communication) |
9. assume or act the character of (verb.creation)
| derivation | : | characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal, |
| definition | : | acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, personation, |
| definition | : | imitating the mannerisms of another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | impersonation, imposture, |
| definition | : | pretending to be another person (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | character, part, persona, role, theatrical role, |
| definition | : | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition) |
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