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
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
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
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
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'act'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. act An act is strictly and originally something accomplished by an exercise of power, in which sense it is synonymous with deed or effect. Action is a doing. Act is therefore single, individu Synonyms: act, accomplishment, execution, movement, achievement, exercise, operation, action, exertion, performance, consummation, exploit, proceeding, deed, feat, transaction, doing, motion, work, effect Antonyms: cessation, immobility, inertia, quiet, suffering, deliberation, inaction, passion, [A] repose, suspension, endurance, inactivity, quiescence, rest
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