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Synonyms for acting
ˈæk tɪŋact·ing

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. actingnoun

    Synonyms:
    deed, performance, ACTION

  2. actingnoun

    Synonyms:
    personation, representation, simulation

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "acting":

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

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#1270operating
#1628playing
#1728progress
#2653serving
#3572performing
#3876regard
#3916acting
#6464interim
#29336behaving
#31309caretaker

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  1. District Judge Trevor McFadden:

    You were acting like those looters and rioters who attacked our city last year.

  2. Stephanie Young:

    We spent all 2021 really fighting for federal voting rights legislation. Over 20,000 people took( advocacy) action with us( last year), and we knew going throughout this year, and seeing that Congress was not acting, and that the filibuster was getting in the way, we realized that we really had to take matters into our own hands, we know at the end of the day, we're not going to be able to out-organize when it comes to fixing our voting system and modernizing it, and replacing the federal legislation, and that's why it's twofold.

  3. Rick Santorum:

    I have no problem with the Russians protecting their security, vladimir Putin is acting very rationally.

  4. Bill McCormick:

    Russia is acting as though it's 1939 and going into Europe with a full force that they have in the Ukraine, i am so concerned about it metastasizing into other countries.

  5. Attorney General Loretta Lynch:

    Our nation faces a host of serious, varied and evolving challenges. Our highest priority must always be the security of our homeland, and we are acting aggressively to diffuse threats, we continue to investigate and apprehend those who seek to harm us, including upwards of 70 individuals charged since 2013 for conduct related to foreign fighter activity, and home-grown violent extremism.


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