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

Ben Jones, the actor best known for portraying trusty mechanic Cooter Davenport on “The Dukes of Hazzard” before serving two terms in Congress as a representative from Georgia, has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

And it was really fun to catch up with him, especially considering how much he’s shouldered in portraying Dr. Michael Rabinovitch, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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

In “Onegin,” portraying the title character’s hapless friend, Lensky, each made distinctly indelible impressions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

She won by very convincingly portraying herself as weak and helpless so that she would be ignored.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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