📖 Definitions of "Playact"
verb
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To perform on, or as if on, a stage.
🔄 Synonyms of "Playact"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| playverb | (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. |
| actnoun | (countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test. |
| roleplaynoun | (intransitive) To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Playact"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| playverb | (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment. |
| roleplaynoun | (intransitive) To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people. |
| actnoun | (countable) An instance of a certain standardized college admissions test in the United States, originally called the American College Test. |
| play-actverb | (intransitive, figuratively) To engage in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage. |
| play outverb | (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion. |
| performverb | (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. |
| play toverb | To act in a way most suitable to; to act in a way that best brings out (a quality, condition, etc.). |
| enactverb | (transitive, law) To make (a bill) into law. |
| theatriciseverb | Alternative form of theatricize. [(transitive) To make theatrical.] |
| theatricizeverb | (transitive) To make theatrical. |
| presentnoun | The current moment or period of time. |
| stagenoun | A phase. |
| actuateverb | (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. |
| theatricaliseverb | Alternative spelling of theatricalize. [(transitive) To render suitable for the theatre.] |
| play offverb | (sports, intransitive, transitive) To compete in a play-off; to compete against (an opponent) in a play-off. |
| make a playverb | To try to initiate a romantic relationship. [with for ‘someone’] |
| operatiseverb | Alternative form of operatize. [(transitive) To convert into operatic form.] |
| histrioniseverb | Alternative form of histrionize. [(rare) To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.] |
| come onverb | (transitive, intransitive) To be broadcast (through a device), or (of a broadcast) to begin playing. |
| personateverb | (transitive) To portray a character (as in a play); to act. |
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