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impersonate
Overview of verb impersonate
The verb impersonate has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) impersonate, portray -- (assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man")
2. impersonate -- (represent another person with comic intentions)
3. pose, impersonate, personate -- (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter")
Antonyms of verb impersonate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb impersonate
3 senses of impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
=> act, play, represent
=> re-create
=> make, create
Sense 2
impersonate
=> mock
=> imitate, copy, simulate
=> reproduce
=> produce, make, create
Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb impersonate
1 of 3 senses of impersonate
Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
=> masquerade
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb impersonate
3 senses of impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
=> act, play, represent
Sense 2
impersonate
=> mock
Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
'Cause To' of verb impersonate
Derived Forms of verb impersonate
3 senses of impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
RELATED TO>(noun) persona#1
=> character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
RELATED TO>(noun) impersonation#2
=> imposture, impersonation
RELATED TO>(noun) impersonation#3
=> impersonation, personation
Sense 2
impersonate
RELATED TO>(noun) persona#1
=> character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
RELATED TO>(noun) impersonation#1
=> caricature, imitation, impersonation
Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
RELATED TO>(noun) impersonation#2
=> imposture, impersonation
RELATED TO>(noun) impersonation#3
=> impersonation, personation
RELATED TO>(noun) impersonator#1
=> impersonator, imitator
Domain of verb impersonate
1 of 3 senses of impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
TOPIC>(noun) performing arts#1
Domain Terms of verb impersonate
Familiarity of verb impersonate
impersonate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb impersonate
3 senses of impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
impersonate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb impersonate
3 senses of impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
> act, play, represent
=> make, pretend, make believe
=> support
=> enact, reenact, act out
=> act out
=> impersonate, portray
=> parody
=> emote
Sense 2
impersonate
> mock
=> caricature, ape
=> impersonate
=> spoof, burlesque, parody
Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
> deceive, betray, lead astray
=> pose, impersonate, personate
=> bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb impersonate
Sense 1
impersonate, portray
=> act, play, represent
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Sense 2
impersonate
=> mock
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Sense 3
pose, impersonate, personate
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
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Grep of verb impersonate
impersonate
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