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Synonyms for portray
pɔrˈtreɪ, poʊr-por·tray

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. portray

    Synonyms:
    draw, delineate, represent, depict, describe, sketch, paint

    Antonyms:
    misrepresent, caricature, misportray

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. portrayverb

    portray in words

    "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

    Synonyms:
    present, depict, impersonate, limn

  2. portray, depict, limnverb

    make a portrait of

    "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

    Synonyms:
    depict, present, describe, limn, delineate, show, impersonate, render, draw, picture, outline

  3. impersonate, portrayverb

    assume or act the character of

    "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

    Synonyms:
    present, personate, depict, impersonate, pose, limn

  4. portray, presentverb

    represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

    "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

    Synonyms:
    salute, stage, demo, deliver, limn, represent, pose, show, lay out, acquaint, submit, demonstrate, gift, introduce, give, depict, confront, present, exhibit, face, award, impersonate

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. portrayverb

    Synonyms:
    paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent

  2. portrayverb

    Synonyms:
    describe, set forth

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. portrayverb

    Synonyms:
    delineate, depict, picture, draw, sketch, paint, describe

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "portray":

    depict, describe, illustrate

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How to use portray in a sentence?

  1. Ashok Elluswamy:

    The intent of the video was not to accurately portray what was available for customers in 2016. It was to portray what was possible to build into the system.

  2. John Marshall:

    So, if the cow is soft and nurturing that's how I will paint it and if the cow is sort of angry and startled then I'll try and treat that in the temperate. So, they portray a different thing and it's the thing that is keeping them unique, keeping a sense that each one is different and it's kind of more of an emotional portrayal than a photographic one.

  3. Stephanie Putri Fajar:

    We gave them( Haruka Nakagawa and Yukari Sasou) a platform to portray the active life of the youth who lose ions( sweat) through a lighthearted six-part friendship and adventure series on YouTube called' Onigiri The Series,'.

  4. Aaron Taylor-Johnson:

    It's super surreal and very overwhelming and kind of daunting stepping onto that set but luckily we'd just done a movie together and I think it helped a lot to have a partner in crime, besides the personalities being daunting because they're all such amazing actors, it's also daunting to step on and learn about how Aaron Taylor-Johnson're going to portray these characters when it's all second nature to them now.

  5. Mark Nutsch:

    My children got a kick out of it, that Chris Hemsworth is portraying me, dad, it’s great. I think Chris did an incredible job trying to portray what a Special Forces commander does.


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