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Synonyms for acting
ˈæk tɪŋact·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
acting, playing, playacting, performingadjective
the performance of a part or role in a drama
Synonyms:
performing, playacting, playingacting(a)adjective
serving temporarily especially as a substitute
"the acting president"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
actingnoun
Synonyms:
deed, performance, ACTIONactingnoun
Synonyms:
personation, representation, simulation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
actingnoun
Synonyms:
personation, impersonation, simulation, feigning, stage-playing, histrionicism, histrionism, affectation mimicry, pantomime (acting without speaking)
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#552 | act | |
#1270 | operating | |
#1628 | playing | |
#1728 | progress | |
#2653 | serving | |
#3572 | performing | |
#3876 | regard | |
#3916 | acting | |
#6464 | interim | |
#29336 | behaving | |
#31309 | caretaker |
How to use acting in a sentence?
District Judge Trevor McFadden:
You were acting like those looters and rioters who attacked our city last year.
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.
I have no problem with the Russians protecting their security, vladimir Putin is acting very rationally.
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.
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.
Translations for acting
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- التمثيلArabic
- geschäftsführend, stellvertretend, amtierenderGerman
- interinoSpanish
- väliaikainen, virkaa toimittavaFinnish
- intérimaire, par intérimFrench
- gníomhachIrish
- 代理Japanese
- agensLatin
- p.o., pełniący obowiązki, pełniąca obowiązkiPolish
- temporário, interinoPortuguese
- и.о., исполняющий обязанностиRussian
- вршилац дужностиSerbo-Croatian
- tillförordnad, stf, ställföreträdande, tfSwedish
- నటనTelugu
- اداکاریUrdu
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