portray
21portray — Synonyms and related words: act a part, act out, bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, copy, crayon, create a role, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, depict, describe, design,… …
22portray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. picture, describe; enact, act out. See representation, drama, description. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To represent] Syn. depict, characterize, reproduce; see define 2 , describe , represent 2 . 2. [To… …
23portray — v. a. Alys. 1520 …
24portray — [[t]pɔː(r)tre͟ɪ[/t]] portrays, portraying, portrayed 1) VERB When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film. [V n] In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of Camelot . [V n] ...the busty… …
25portray — por·tray || pÉ”r treɪ /pÉ”Ë v. describe, depict; paint, draw; personify, act as (in a play or movie) …
26portray — verb 1》 depict in a work of art or literature. 2》 describe in a particular way. 3》 (of an actor) play the part of. Derivatives portrayable adjective portrayal noun portrayer noun Origin ME: from OFr. portraire, based on traire to draw , from an… …
27portray — v. a. 1. Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent. 2. Describe, set forth …
28portray — verb 1) she portrays the older architecture of her province Syn: paint, draw, sketch, picture, depict, represent, illustrate, render 2) the Newfoundland portrayed by Proulx Syn: describe, depict, characterize …
29portray — v 1. represent, picture, paint, sketch, draw, cartoon, caricature, illustrate, Archaic. character; delineate, Archaic. limn, trace, figure, contour, rub; diagram, map, chart, draft, block out. 2. play, pose as, characterize, personify, assume,… …
30portray — por·tray …
