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Synonyms for act

do something

Synonyms

  • do something
  • perform
  • move
  • function
  • go about
  • conduct yourself
  • undertake something

behave

Synonyms

  • behave
  • react
  • go about
  • acquit yourself
  • bear yourself
  • comport yourself

work

Synonyms

  • work
  • serve
  • operate
  • function
  • be employed
  • do business
  • have a job
  • earn a living

play

Synonyms

  • play
  • seem to be
  • pose as
  • pretend to be
  • posture as
  • imitate
  • sham
  • feign
  • characterize
  • enact
  • personify
  • impersonate
  • play the part of

perform

Synonyms

  • perform
  • be an actor
  • be an actress
  • tread the boards
  • mimic
  • mime

deed

Synonyms

  • deed
  • action
  • step
  • performance
  • operation
  • doing
  • move
  • blow
  • achievement
  • stroke
  • undertaking
  • exploit
  • execution
  • feat
  • accomplishment
  • exertion

pretence

Synonyms

  • pretence
  • show
  • front
  • performance
  • display
  • attitude
  • pose
  • stance
  • fake
  • posture
  • façade
  • sham
  • veneer
  • counterfeit
  • feigning
  • affectation
  • dissimulation

law

Synonyms

  • law
  • bill
  • measure
  • resolution
  • decree
  • statute
  • ordinance
  • enactment
  • edict

performance

Synonyms

  • performance
  • show
  • turn
  • production
  • routine
  • presentation
  • gig
  • sketch

act for someone

Synonyms

  • stand in for
  • serve
  • represent
  • replace
  • substitute for
  • cover for
  • take the place of
  • fill in for
  • deputize for
  • function in place of

act on or upon something: obey

Synonyms

  • obey
  • follow
  • carry out
  • observe
  • embrace
  • execute
  • comply with
  • heed
  • conform to
  • adhere to
  • abide by
  • yield to
  • act upon
  • be ruled by
  • act in accordance with
  • do what is expected

act on or upon something: affect

Synonyms

  • affect
  • change
  • influence
  • impact
  • transform
  • alter
  • modify

act up: misbehave

Synonyms

  • misbehave
  • carry on
  • cause trouble
  • mess about
  • be naughty
  • horse around
  • give trouble
  • piss about
  • piss around
  • give someone grief
  • give bother

act up: malfunction

Synonyms

  • malfunction
  • go wrong
  • break down
  • be faulty
  • stop
  • stop working
  • conk out
  • go phut
  • pack up
  • play up
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for act

the process of doing

Synonyms

  • action

something done

Synonyms

  • action
  • deed
  • doing
  • thing
  • work

the formal product of a legislative or judicial body

Synonyms

  • assize
  • bill
  • enactment
  • law
  • legislation
  • lex
  • measure
  • statute

a short theatrical piece within a larger production

Synonyms

  • sketch
  • skit

a display of insincere behavior

Synonyms

  • acting
  • disguise
  • dissemblance
  • masquerade
  • pretense
  • sham
  • show
  • simulation

to conduct oneself in a specified way

Synonyms

  • acquit
  • bear
  • behave
  • carry
  • comport
  • demean
  • deport
  • do
  • quit

to behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of

Synonyms

  • counterfeit
  • dissemble
  • fake
  • feign
  • play-act
  • pose
  • pretend
  • put on
  • sham
  • simulate

to react in a specified way

Synonyms

  • behave
  • function
  • operate
  • perform
  • work

to perform the duties of another

Synonyms

  • function
  • officiate
  • serve

to play the part of

Synonyms

  • do
  • enact
  • impersonate
  • perform
  • play
  • play-act
  • portray
  • represent

to produce on the stage

Synonyms

  • do
  • dramatize
  • enact
  • give
  • perform
  • present
  • put on
  • stage

act up: to behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion

Synonyms

  • carry on
  • misbehave
  • cut up
  • horse around

act up: to work improperly due to mechanical difficulties

Synonyms

  • malfunction
  • misbehave
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Synonyms for act

a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

Synonyms

  • enactment

Related Words

  • legal document
  • legal instrument
  • official document
  • instrument
  • nullity
  • decree
  • fiat
  • edict
  • rescript
  • order
  • legislative act
  • statute
  • law
  • jurisprudence

something that people do or cause to happen

Synonyms

  • human action
  • human activity
  • deed

Related Words

  • event
  • action
  • acquiring
  • getting
  • causation
  • causing
  • obstetrical delivery
  • delivery
  • departure
  • going
  • going away
  • leaving
  • discovery
  • find
  • uncovering
  • disposition
  • disposal
  • effectuation
  • implementation
  • egression
  • egress
  • emergence
  • equalisation
  • equalization
  • leveling
  • digging up
  • disinterment
  • exhumation
  • mitsvah
  • mitzvah
  • actuation
  • propulsion
  • recovery
  • retrieval
  • running away
  • touching
  • touch
  • nonaccomplishment
  • nonachievement
  • leaning
  • motivating
  • motivation
  • assumption
  • rejection
  • sacrifice
  • forfeit
  • forfeiture
  • derivation
  • activity
  • hire
  • wearing
  • wear
  • judgment
  • assessment
  • judgement
  • production
  • stay
  • residency
  • abidance
  • residence
  • inactivity
  • interference
  • hinderance
  • hindrance
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • group action
  • distribution
  • legitimation
  • permissive waste
  • waste
  • proclamation
  • promulgation
  • communicating
  • communication
  • speech act

a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

Related Words

  • ballet
  • concert dance
  • dramatic composition
  • dramatic work
  • drama
  • dramatic play
  • play
  • scene
  • opera

a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program

Synonyms

  • routine
  • number
  • bit
  • turn

Related Words

  • performance
  • public presentation
  • showstopper
  • show-stopper
  • stopper

a manifestation of insincerity

Related Words

  • expression
  • reflexion
  • reflection
  • manifestation

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

Synonyms

  • move

Related Words

  • take turns
  • alternate
  • end up
  • fetch up
  • wind up
  • finish
  • finish up
  • land up
  • festinate
  • hasten
  • look sharp
  • hurry
  • rush
  • interrupt
  • disturb
  • react
  • respond
  • go ahead
  • plow ahead
  • aggress
  • attack
  • force
  • create
  • come to the fore
  • step forward
  • step to the fore
  • come forward
  • step up
  • come out
  • pay back
  • repay
  • reward
  • satisfice
  • satisfise
  • manoeuver
  • manoeuvre
  • maneuver
  • dispatch
  • evade
  • use
  • play it by ear
  • play
  • deal
  • partner
  • exert
  • egotrip
  • reciprocate
  • go
  • proceed
  • move
  • come close
  • perform
  • dare
  • make bold
  • presume
  • engage
  • pursue
  • prosecute
  • act on
  • interact
  • oppose
  • take time by the forelock
  • coact
  • volunteer
  • offer
  • get around to
  • dally
  • toy
  • flirt
  • go about
  • set about
  • approach
  • participate
  • take part
  • misbehave
  • misconduct
  • misdemean
  • lower oneself
  • stoop
  • condescend
  • deport
  • comport
  • acquit
  • behave
  • conduct
  • bear
  • carry
  • attempt
  • essay
  • try
  • assay
  • seek
  • court
  • romance
  • solicit
  • woo
  • effect
  • antagonise
  • counteract
  • antagonize
  • anticipate
  • counter
  • forestall
  • foresee
  • commit
  • perpetrate
  • pull
  • rampage
  • get by
  • grapple
  • make do
  • cope
  • manage
  • contend
  • make out
  • deign
  • descend
  • take care
  • act superior
  • lord it over
  • put on airs
  • queen it over
  • stampede
  • make a point
  • make sure
  • repeat
  • take over
  • surprise
  • sneak
  • take
  • guard
  • begin
  • start
  • go off at half-cock
  • go off half-cocked
  • hold off
  • wait
  • hold back
  • continue
  • go on
  • keep
  • go along
  • do well
  • had best
  • persist in
  • follow up on
  • act up
  • carry on
  • act upon
  • influence
  • work

Antonyms

  • refrain
  • forbear

behave in a certain manner

Synonyms

  • behave
  • do

Related Words

  • act involuntarily
  • act reflexively
  • bend over backwards
  • fall over backwards
  • presume
  • vulgarise
  • vulgarize
  • optimise
  • optimize
  • quack
  • menace
  • make
  • bluster
  • swagger
  • swash
  • freeze
  • wanton
  • romanticize
  • sentimentise
  • sentimentize
  • sentimentalise
  • sentimentalize
  • bungle
  • toy
  • play
  • act as
  • act
  • stooge
  • jest
  • joke
  • piffle
  • make as if
  • pretend
  • dissemble
  • lose it
  • break down
  • snap
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • backslap
  • hugger mugger
  • sauce
  • footle
  • frivol
  • trifle
  • swell
  • puff up
  • follow
  • loosen up
  • relax
  • rage
  • ramp
  • storm
  • act up

play a role or part

Synonyms

  • play
  • represent

Related Words

  • performing arts
  • act as
  • act
  • play
  • make believe
  • pretend
  • make
  • re-create
  • playact
  • roleplay
  • support
  • act out
  • enact
  • reenact
  • impersonate
  • portray
  • parody
  • emote

discharge one's duties

Related Words

  • serve
  • criticise
  • criticize
  • bank

pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

Synonyms

  • act as
  • play

Related Words

  • behave
  • act
  • do
  • play
  • represent

be suitable for theatrical performance

Related Words

  • playact
  • roleplay
  • act
  • play
  • be

have an effect or outcome

Synonyms

  • work

Related Words

  • make for
  • wreak
  • bring
  • work
  • play
  • bring home the bacon
  • deliver the goods
  • succeed
  • win
  • come through

be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

Related Words

  • play
  • drive around
  • walk around

behave unnaturally or affectedly

Synonyms

  • pretend
  • dissemble

Related Words

  • behave
  • act
  • do
  • sham
  • feign
  • simulate
  • assume

perform on a stage or theater

Synonyms

  • playact
  • roleplay
  • play

Related Words

  • dramatic art
  • dramaturgy
  • theater
  • theatre
  • dramatics
  • perform
  • play
  • act
  • represent
  • stooge
  • pantomime
  • mime
  • ham
  • ham it up
  • overact
  • overplay
  • underact
  • underplay
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