Synonyms for Portrayal
pɔrˈtreɪ əl, poʊr-por·tray·al

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1. portrayal, portraiture, portraitnoun

   a word picture of a person's appearance and character

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, characterization, depicting, depiction, portrait, delineation, portraying, portrayal, enactment, personation

2. portrayal, characterization, enactment, personationnoun

   acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, portrayal, personation, characterisation, portraying, enactment, depiction, word-painting, depicting, characterization, portrait, act, passage, impersonation, word picture, picture, delineation

3. depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayalnoun

   a representation by picture or portraiture

   Synonyms:
   line drawing, characterization, depicting, depiction, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portraying, portrayal, enactment, picture, personation

4. portrait, portrayalnoun

   any likeness of a person, in any medium

   "the photographer made excellent portraits"

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, characterization, depicting, personation, portrait, delineation, portraying, portrayal, enactment, depiction

5. depiction, delineation, portrayalnoun

   representation by drawing or painting etc

   Synonyms:
   line drawing, characterization, depicting, depiction, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portraying, portrayal, enactment, picture, personation

Matched Categories

1. • Likeness
   • Pictorial Representation
   • Representational Process
   • Word Picture

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portrayalnoun

   Synonyms:
   delineation, painting, representation, sketch

2. portrayalnoun

   Synonyms:
   description, account

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portrayalnoun

   Synonyms:
   delineation, description, account, recital, painting, depiction

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "portrayal":

   representation, portrait, image, picture, depiction, description

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How to use Portrayal in a sentence?

1. Arash Azizzada:

   The The Taliban regime is a pariah around the globe and desperate for any kind of positive media or positive portrayal of what is a brutal and disastrous reign.

2. Don Cheadle:

   He brought humanity and truth to the portrayal of people who felt larger than life.

3. Sandra Horley:

   Sunday's episode was a realistic portrayal of how a victim of prolonged abuse may one day respond when she is in great danger.

4. Samuel Alito:

   This portrayal feeds unprecedented efforts to intimidate the court and to damage it as an independent institution.

5. Carly Fiorina:

   I think Edward Snowden has been terribly destructive, he has been less than forthcoming. It was a very slanted portrayal about what the NSA does, and he knows it.