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. Michael Dreeben:

   We have an alive and awake acting attorney general who's looking at this investigation, [ and ] knows what's going on.

2. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance:

   For nearly 23 years, Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald evaded justice for Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald gruesome crime and thought Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald would get away with it, but today, a jury rightfully found Roslyn Pilmar and Evan Wald guilty of Murder in the Second Degree for planning Mr. Pilmar's murder together and acting in concert to carry out the cold-blooded killing, i thank the prosecutors in my Office's Cold Case and Forensic Sciences Unit and NYPD detectives for more than two decades of dedication to this case and ensuring that Howard's death was never forgotten.

3. Jeff Hawke:

   The suspect is not from Grand Haven, we're unsure, unclear on whether he is acting alone or not. The investigation is rapidly expanding into other areas of Michigan. No indication of a motive at this time. That part of the investigation is still ongoing.

4. Brian Deese:

   What is hopeful about this report is that it once again shows not just that these actions are real and we need to act now, but there are real economic dividends to acting early and aggressively.

5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

   As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius-- the power of acting creatively under laws of its own origination.