portraying

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representing adj.
acting n.

ADJECTIVE

representing

Synonyms

STRONG

characterizing defining delineating depicting describing exhibiting illustrating interpreting mirroring personifying picturing presenting reporting reproducing revealing showing symbolizing

Antonyms

WEAK

distorting misrepresentation misrepresenting

NOUN

acting

Synonyms

STRONG

assuming characterization depiction dramatics dramatizing enacting enactment feigning hamming histrionics imitating imitation impersonation improvisation mime mimicry pantomime performance playing portrayal posing posturing pretending pretense putting rendition seeming simulating stagecraft stooging theatre theatricals

WEAK

play acting showing off

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portraying

America’s homegrown narratives also have a distinctively national flavor, portraying the choices made by individuals as determining their fate.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Clarke earned four Emmy nominations during “Game of Thrones’” run for portraying Daenerys Targaryen, one of the last surviving members of the family that long reigned over Westeros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Rhys said he first saw the play as a student in London more than 30 years ago and dreamed of portraying Burton ever since.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

It stars Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway as Odysseus and his wife Penelope, with Tom Holland portraying their son Telemachus.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

“There is a spirit about it that should be fostered,” he wrote, portraying the entire project as “an investment for the future of mankind.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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