Thesaurus results for IMPERSONATES

impersonates

verb

present tense third-person singular of impersonate

as in mocks

to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior a school intruder was caught trying to impersonate a teacher

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to present a portrayal or performance of interpreters at the living history museum impersonate figures who are known to have actually lived in the colonial town

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Recent Examples of impersonates 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 The first stage puts its payload inside an app bundle that impersonates real components built into macOS. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 But only male pilots can apply—so Wooram goes full Twelfth Night and impersonates her twin brother Boram, with his blessing. — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026 Like that video where Bryan Cranston impersonates Art Garfunkel at Central Park, and his bouffant gets bigger every time the camera cuts back. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026 Those that fear dust mites and other allergens will be pleased to know this $40 pick from Quince impersonates hotel luxury pillows without the goose down or the price point. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026 When an escaped Eleven finds her way to a diner (the image of a bald Brown in a hospital gown shoving fries into her mouth is indelible), Brenner’s team impersonates social services, kills the kind proprietor, but fails to apprehend her. — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025 The scam impersonates Walmart and claims someone has made an expensive PS5 order through the user’s account. — PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025

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We are presented with a few potentially hissable villains, including an attorney for the state (Christian Rubeck) who mocks the Gheorghius’ faith and a frostily inflexible social worker, Gunda (Ellen Dorrit Petersen).

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is designed as an action flick as well as a portrait of a family dealing with tragedy and an insider’s look at an insular community that mocks harmful stereotypes without perpetrating them.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

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Constantin Brâncuși’s marble-and-limestone sculpture L’oiseau (1923/1947), for example, commands the space, while Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2022 photograph tree filling window imitates an open window in a closed space.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of imitates

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Guitarricadelafuente portrays Sebastián, the focus of the film’s central timeline set during the Spanish Civil War.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
The spinoff, which portrays Gibbs as an up-and-comer in the early ’90s, has intimately involved Harmon as an executive producer and narrator, but not so much an on-screen presence until a present-day flash-forward story was added for season 3.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of portrays

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The re-emergence of a long-unseen Jean-Michel Basquiat masterpiece is a miracle the art market occasionally performs.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Brooks performs in the round, meaning anyone can see him on the stage regardless of where they’re seated.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of performs

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Spring 2027 will offer complete looks of how Walsh interprets Rebecca Taylor’s codes for a new generation.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Unfortunately, his doctor interprets all the screaming about an alien presence in Thomas’ head as a garden-variety psychotic breakdown, and remands him to a more secure facility.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

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