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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be another |
| Synonyms: | act, act a part, act like, act out, ape, assume character, ditto*, do, do an impression of, double as, dress as, enact, fake, imitate, make like, masquerade as, mimic, mirror, pass oneself off as, perform, personate, play, play a role, playact, portray, pose as, put on an act, represent, take the part of |
| Antonyms: | be original, differ, oppose, reverse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add up to; constitute |
| Synonyms: | amount to, come to, compose, compound, comprise, construct, embody, equal, fabricate, form, make up, mix, organize, put together, represent, structure, synthesize, texture |
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | signify, convey |
| Synonyms: | add up, adumbrate, allude, allude to, argue, attest, augur, betoken, connote, denote, designate, determine, drive at, express, foreshadow, foretell, herald, hint at, imply, import, indicate, intimate, involve, name, point to, portend, presage, promise, purport, represent, say, speak of, spell, stand for, suggest, symbolize, tell the meaning of, touch on |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Main Entry: | mirror |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | copy, reflect |
| Synonyms: | act like, depict, double, echo, embody, emulate, epitomize, exemplify, follow, glass, illustrate, image, imitate, make like, mimic, personify, represent, show, simulate, symbolize, take off, typify |
| Main Entry: | model |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, pose |
| Synonyms: | parade, represent, set example, show off, sit, sport, wear |
| Antonyms: | photograph |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
| Synonyms: | brush, catch a likeness, coat, color, compose, cover, cover up, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, fresco, gloss over, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, put on coats, represent, shade, sketch, slap on, slather, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, depict as entertainment |
| Synonyms: | act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house, discourse, display, do a number, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, execute, exhibit, give, go on, ham it up, ham, impersonate, offer, personate, play, playact, present, produce, put on, render, represent, show, stage, tread the boards |
| Antonyms: | direct |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depict, describe |
| Synonyms: | delineate, draw, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, paint, photograph, portray, render, represent, show, sketch |
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think out; prepare in advance |
| Synonyms: | arrange, bargain for, block out, blueprint, brainstorm*, calculate, concoct, conspire, contemplate, contrive, cook up, craft, design, devise, draft, engineer, figure on, figure out, fix to, form, formulate, frame, hatch, intrigue, invent, lay in provisions, line up, make arrangements, map, meditate, organize, outline, plot, project, quarterback, ready, reckon on, represent, rough in, scheme, set out, shape, sketch, steer, trace, work out |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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