'Impersonate' definitions:
Definition of 'impersonate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" [syn: impersonate, portray]
verb
Represent another person with comic intentions
verb
Definition of 'Impersonate'
From: GCIDE
- Impersonate \Im*per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating.]
- 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [1913 Webster]
- Benedict impersonated his age. --Milman. Impersonation
Synonyms of 'impersonate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- act a part,
- act as,
- act out,
- adumbrate,
- ape,
- body forth,
- copy,
- copycat,
- create a role,
- demonstrate,
- depict,
- discourse,
- do,
- embody,
- enact,
- exemplify,
- figure,
- foreshadow,
- hit off,
- hit off on,
- illustrate,
- image,
- incarnate,
- make false pretenses,
- masquerade as,
- mime,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- mock,
- pantomime,
- parrot,
- pass for,
- perform,
- personate,
- personify,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- playact,
- portray,
- pose as,
- prefigure,
- pretend to be,
- pretypify,
- project,
- realize,
- reflect,
- represent,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- take a part,
- take off,
- take off on