Antonyms for portray
pɔrˈtreɪ, poʊr-por·tray

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1. portray

   Antonyms:
   misrepresent, caricature, misportray

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

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Art
   • Performing Arts
   • Represent

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 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

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1. portrayverb

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

How to use portray in a sentence?

1. Kingston Reif:

   But it also seems that Kim Jong Un believes he is negotiating from a position of strength and is attempting to portray North Korea as legitimate and responsible nuclear power and seeking recognition as such.

2. John Cleese:

   I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

3. Richard Painter:

   I don’t want this to be an attack on Boy Scouts, i think it would be sad for people to turn on the Boy Scouts and portray them as a right-wing organization.

4. Chris Evans:

   It does not look good at all, on behalf of the Top Gear team and Matt, I would like to apologize unreservedly for what these images seem to portray.

5. Denis Villeneuve:

   There's a sense in American cinema: you want to portray an ideal world. You want to portray a Utopia. That's good- dreams for a better world, to advocate for something better, yes. But if you look at my movies, they are exploring today's shadows.

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