Synonyms for acting
ˈæk tɪŋact·ing

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1. acting, playing, playacting, performingadjective

   the performance of a part or role in a drama

   Synonyms:
   performing, playacting, playing

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting

2. acting(a)adjective

   serving temporarily especially as a substitute

   "the acting president"

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting

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1. actingnoun

   Synonyms:
   deed, performance, ACTION

2. actingnoun

   Synonyms:
   personation, representation, simulation

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1. actingnoun

   Synonyms:
   personation, impersonation, simulation, feigning, stage-playing, histrionicism, histrionism, affectation mimicry, pantomime (acting without speaking)

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1. List of paraphrases for "acting":

   a.i., interim, act, serving, f.f., caretaker, behaving, regard, operating, progress

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1. Steve Vladeck:

   To make a long story short, I think the effort to have him confirmed is principally with an eye toward attempting to ratify all of the programs and policies that could be struck down by courts holding his acting appointment was unlawful, from the perspective of a new administration rolling back this administration's policies, it shouldn't make a difference whether they're promulgated by a Senate-confirmed secretary or someone lawfully exercising the duties of the office on an acting basis.

2. Johann von Goethe:

   Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

3. Bruce Dern:

   They say you never really get to meet your heroes. I say if you're really blessed they get to be your parents, i share this with my acting heroes, Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern. You got game. I love you.

4. Paul Zinken/dpa:

   We were all shocked yesterday when we saw it in the news, it shows we had those people on the list, on the screen. We are acting. And so we have to investigate for sure, but I'm not frightened by any coup or something.

5. Jeff Goldblum:

   At the beginning of the day, I remind myself: free association, stream of consciousness, perceptual readiness and then openness, this whole business of acting and music seems to be, if nothing else, an invitation toward opening up. Opening yourself up in both directions. Not only to what’s around you in reception but then in your giving back, reacting and offering something.