What is "playact" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "playact": perform on a stage or theater

Verb

Synonyms:

burlesque, characterize, do, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham, ham it up, impersonate, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personify, play, portray, pretend, rehearse, represent, simulate, star, stooge, strut, tread the boards, be on, bring down the house, do a turn, lay an egg, make debut, personate, play act, play gig, play part, play role, put it over, take part, say ones piece, act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make believe, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, portray, pose, purport, put on, put on an act, represent, reproduce, sham, simulate, suppose, assume the role, make as if, make out like, put on a front, put on airs, feign, bluff, assume, adopt, contrive, act, simulate, fake, counterfeit, sham, put on, take on, aspire to, do a bit, lay it on thick, make out like, put up a front, quit, play, go on, appear, give, perform, manage, bear, produce, conduct, carry, operate, present, fare, portray, comport, seem, discourse, demean, impersonate, deport, enact, get along, get by, make out, muddle through, put on, personate, acquit oneself, come on like, render the role, stagger along, amplify, overstate, exaggerate, execute, overdo, show, perform, splash, burlesque, produce, present, act, enact, stage, ham it up, play up, farcialize, give color to, lay it on, make a production of, melodramatize, play on heartstrings, play to gallery, tragedize, execute, achieve, portray, represent, play, depict, do, perform, discourse, go on, personate, appear as, play the part of, portray, imitate, mimic, represent, play, ditto, do, perform, fake, mirror, act, enact, ape, put on an act, pose as, masquerade as, act like, personate, act a part, act out, assume character, do an impression of, double as, dress as, make like, pass oneself off as, play a role, take the part of, represent, play, give, show, offer, execute, produce, go on, display, present, stage, exhibit, ham, render, dramatize, emote, discourse, impersonate, enact, ham it up, put on, tread the boards, personate, act out, appear as, be on, bring down the house, do a number, do a turn, perform, do, portray, present, represent, execute, ham, discourse, impersonate, enact, ham it up, tread the boards, personate, act the part of, lay an egg, play a gig, read a part, take the role of, affect, feign, profess, purport, masquerade, impersonate, act, grandstand, posture, attitudinize, sham, make believe, pass off, show off, peacock, make out like, put on airs, put up a front, strike an attitude, take off as, masquerade, pose, display, fake, affect, attitudinize, pass off, show off, do a bit, do for effect, fake it, make a show, pass for, put on airs, put up a front, imitate, suppose, impersonate, purport, portray, represent, play, masquerade, pose, imagine, reproduce, mimic, act, make believe, make up, put on an act, assume the role, make as if, make out like, put on a front, put on airs, pull, don, fake, act, affect, assume, bluff, confound, confuse, counterfeit, deceive, feign, make believe, masquerade, pose, put on an act, sham, simulate, strike, take on, trick, put on a front, reproduce, affect, mimic, replicate, resemble, feign, fence, cheat, mirror, invent, disguise, fake, misrepresent, prevaricate, counterfeit, lie, concoct, equivocate, feature, favor, ape, pirate, do, play, pose, lift, dissemble, bluff, copy, exaggerate, assume, crib, borrow, fabricate, deceive, act, steal, knock off, make believe, phony, put on, put on an act, act like, do a take-off, do like, gloss over, perform, appear on stage, strut ones stuff, cheat, pretend, dupe, deceive, hoodwink, delude, trifle, flimflam, scam, diddle, gull, snow, hoax, outfox, bluff, spoof, con, bamboozle, kid, make believe, put on, take in, play-act, chicane, fox, juke, jive, fake out, lead on, play a trick on, put one over on, suck in, bluff, counterfeit, dream, enact, fake, fantasize, feign, fool, imagine, play, pretend, simulate, play-act, act as if, act as though, let on like, make as if, play the part,

Antonyms:

tell truth, stop, refrain, withhold, destroy, put off, direct, halt, stop, take, fail, defer, idle, lose, miss, neglect, pass, undo, ignore, refuse, veto, prevent, refrain, reduce, abandon, fail, neglect, halt, stop, hinder, repeal, prevent, refuse, veto, fail, miss, direct, stop, prevent, direct, fail, idle, halt, stop, differ, oppose, reverse, be original, conceal, refrain, withhold, hide, deny, refuse, prevent, take, abandon, fail, halt, stop, direct, listen, fail, work, watch, direct, withhold, go, move, be genuine, withhold, be truthful, differ, oppose, reverse, stop, tell truth, be original, be honest, be truthful, destroy, face, meet, tell truth, reveal, idle, give, receive, be honest, be real, be honest, live reality,