Thesaurus results for PERSONATE

personate

verb

ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt

Definition of personate

as in to play

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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Recent Examples of personate Till’s motifs swept though the ensemble, as horns, clarinets, bassoons, violin all had a chance to personate the character. — By Libby Hanssen, kansascity.com, 3 June 2017

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He was evaluated by the medical staff, hit in the cage and decided to play.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of play

Verb

Here was a government that had explicitly borrowed from Beijing’s developmental playbook and sincerely attempted to imitate it, but failed.

— Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
These are glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists that imitate a natural hormone in the gut.

— Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 26 June 2026

Definition of imitate

Verb

The Belgian team’s official X account celebrated the team’s win with a pair of mocking posts.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
More than 200 people were arrested in protest marches and anti-terror raids, including academics, lawyers, and journalists; a comedian who mocked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was held at the airport.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of mock

Verb

For all her talk of women as allies, Siebel Newsom portrays conservative women who criticize other women as dupes manipulated by MAGA leaders.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Rob, who died in December at age 78, portrayed George Washington in a segment inspired by the first president’s decision to step away after two terms in office.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of portray

Verb

Mozeliak argues the team doesn’t need to tank to win, but rather act more like a big market team.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Maintenance inhalers are either long-acting airway dilators or anti-inflammatory medications like steroids that patients should take daily.

— Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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