1. (noun) act, enactment
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
Synonyms: act, characterization, bit, deed, personation, human action, number, human activity, portrayal, enactment, turn, passage, routine
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
2. (noun) act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
Synonyms: act, deed of conveyance, bit, deed, title, human action, number, human activity, enactment, turn, routine
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
3. (noun) act
a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
Synonyms: bit, deed, human action, number, human activity, enactment, turn, routine
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
4. (noun) act, routine, number, turn, bit
a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
Synonyms: turn, figure, routine, morsel, act, spot, piece, twist, turning, procedure, function, bit, flake, second, snatch, bend, subroutine, modus operandi, crook, turn of events, round, deed, mo, subprogram, tour, fleck, chip, go, telephone number, play, identification number, number, minute, phone number, spell, numeral, scrap, moment, human activity, good turn, bout, enactment, bite, issue, human action
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
5. (verb) act
a manifestation of insincerity
Synonyms: bit, deed, human action, number, human activity, enactment, turn, routine
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
6. (verb) act, move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Synonyms: pretend, be active, locomote, impress, actuate, play, represent, strike, dissemble, prompt, move, propel, work, motivate, roleplay, displace, playact, affect, run, proceed, act, go, act as, incite, travel, behave, do, make a motion
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
7. (verb) act, behave, do
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
Synonyms: perform, playact, dissemble, comport, act, move, behave, get along, carry, suffice, fare, answer, deport, make, roleplay, arrange, coif, act as, execute, manage, cause, work, do, coiffure, play, represent, make out, practice, acquit, conduct, exercise, pretend, come, coiffe, serve, set, practise, dress, bear
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
8. (verb) act, play, represent
play a role or part
Synonyms: take on, fiddle, dissemble, interpret, bet, spiel, act, bring, make up, behave, run, symbolize, trifle, play, diddle, meet, lay out, move, roleplay, dally, typify, be, act as, toy, encounter, stand for, playact, flirt, do, make for, wager, represent, stage, exemplify, recreate, pretend, present, comprise, symbolise, work, correspond, constitute, map, wreak, defend
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
9. (verb) act
discharge one's duties
Synonyms: play, move, behave, roleplay, pretend, dissemble, do, playact, work, act as, represent
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
10. (verb) act, play, act as
pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
Synonyms: pretend, make for, flirt, play, represent, dissemble, dally, recreate, wager, move, wreak, take on, work, toy, roleplay, playact, bet, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, meet, act, act as, bring, encounter, trifle, behave, do
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
11. (verb) act
be suitable for theatrical performance
Synonyms: play, move, behave, roleplay, pretend, dissemble, do, playact, work, act as, represent
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
12. (verb) work, act
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
Synonyms: knead, turn, operate, dissemble, act, shape, bring, move, behave, work out, run, function, put to work, forge, lick, solve, make, roleplay, figure out, form, pretend, mould, sour, playact, work, do, exploit, go, play, represent, do work, make for, mold, puzzle out, act upon, process, crop, exercise, act as, ferment, influence, work on, wreak, cultivate
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
13. (verb) act
be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
Synonyms: play, move, behave, roleplay, pretend, dissemble, do, playact, work, act as, represent
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
14. (verb) dissemble, pretend, act
behave unnaturally or affectedly
Synonyms: pretend, dissemble, make believe, play, represent, mask, move, work, cloak, venture, roleplay, playact, affect, hazard, feign, do, act, sham, guess, profess, behave, make, act as
Antonyms: forbear, refrain
15. (verb) act, play, roleplay, playact
perform on a stage or theater
Synonyms: pretend, make for, flirt, play, represent, dissemble, dally, recreate, wager, move, wreak, take on, work, toy, roleplay, playact, bet, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, meet, act, act as, bring, encounter, trifle, behave, do
Antonyms: refrain, forbear
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