'Portrayal' definitions:
Definition of 'portrayal'
(from WordNet)
noun
A word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait]
noun
Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture [syn: portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation]
noun
noun
Any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits" [syn: portrait, portrayal]
noun
Representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: depiction, delineation, portrayal]
Definition of 'Portrayal'
From: GCIDE
- Portrayal \Por*tray"al\, n. The act or process of portraying; description; delineation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'portrayal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acting,
- alphabet,
- aping,
- art,
- blueprint,
- buffoonery,
- business,
- cameo,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- character,
- character sketch,
- charactering,
- characterization,
- chart,
- choreography,
- conventional representation,
- dance notation,
- delineation,
- demonstration,
- depiction,
- depictment,
- description,
- details,
- diagram,
- drama,
- drawing,
- dumb show,
- embodiment,
- enacting,
- enactment,
- evocation,
- exemplification,
- figuration,
- gag,
- graphic account,
- ham,
- hammy acting,
- head,
- hieroglyphic,
- hoke,
- hokum,
- iconography,
- ideogram,
- illustration,
- image,
- imagery,
- imaging,
- imitation,
- impersonation,
- impression,
- incarnation,
- itemization,
- letter,
- limning,
- logogram,
- logograph,
- map,
- masquerade,
- mimesis,
- mimicking,
- mimicry,
- miming,
- miniature,
- mummery,
- musical notation,
- notation,
- overacting,
- pantomime,
- pantomiming,
- particularization,
- patter,
- performance,
- performing,
- personation,
- personification,
- photograph,
- pictogram,
- picture,
- picturization,
- plan,
- playacting,
- playing,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- posing,
- prefigurement,
- presentment,
- printing,
- profile,
- projection,
- realization,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- schema,
- score,
- script,
- silhouette,
- sketch,
- slapstick,
- specification,
- stage business,
- stage directions,
- stage presence,
- stunt,
- syllabary,
- symbol,
- tablature,
- taking a role,
- vignette,
- vivid description,
- word painting,
- writing