acting

The word “acting” has 2 syllables: act-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈæktɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for acting?

In the thesaurus, “acting” has 162 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for acting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for acting

acting out
ad interim
adjutant
administering
affecting
alternate
amusement
aping
appearing
assistant
assuming
backup
behaving
bluffing
boards
camouflaging
carrying on
characterization
clowning
co-acting
co-starring
coacting
concealing
controlling
copying
costarring
counterfeiting
delegated
depicting
depiction
deputy
directing
disguising
dissembling
dissimulating
distraction
diversion
doing
drama
dramatics
dramatizing
enacting
enactment
entertainment
exhibition
faking
feeling
feigning
feinting
footlights
forging
functioning
guiding
hamming
handling
hinting
histrionics
imitating
imitation
impersonating
impersonation
implying
improvisation
influencing
insinuating
interim
interpreting
jackleg
letting on
looking
make-do
makeshift
making
making believe
malingering
managing
masking
masquerading
mime
mimicking
mimicry
miming
mocking
monkeying
operating
overacting
overplaying
overseeing
pageant
pageantry
panning out
pantomime
pantomiming
parodying
performance
performing
personating
play acting
playacting
playing
portrayal
portraying
posing
posturing
presentation
pretending
pretense
pro tem
pro tempore
production
professing
provisional
provisionary
provisory
proxy
putting
putting on
reacting
recalling
recreation
redounding
regulating
rendering
rendition
representing
resembling
responding
resulting
role-playing
roleplaying
running
seeming
serving
shamming
show
show business
showbiz
showing off
simulating
sounding
spectacle
stage
stagecraft
stooging
stopgap
substitute
suggesting
supervising
surrogate
swaying
taking
taking effect
taking hold
taking on
temporary
theater
theatre
theatricals
theatrics
travestying
underplaying
working

Antonyms for acting

backfiring
fizzling
long-term
permanent

Meanings of acting

verb
1. To do something.
2. To do (something); to perform.
3. To perform a theatrical role.
4. Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
5. To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
6. To convey an appearance of being.
7. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
8. (construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
9. To play (a role).
10. To feign.
11. (construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
12. To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
noun
1. An action or deed.
2. Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
3. Pretending.
4. The occupation of an actor.
adjective
1. Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.

Example Sentences

She is acting in the school play this year.
He was acting like he didn't care, but I could tell he was upset.
The director praised his acting skills during the audition.
I could tell they were acting nervous during the presentation.
The child was acting out of character, which worried his parents.

On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to acting, such as: acting out, ad interim, adjutant, administering, affecting, alternate, amusement.

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