Synonyms

move

Examples

"think before you act" "We must move quickly" "The governor should act on the new energy bill" "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

Synonyms

enactment

Synonyms

human_action human_activity

Synonyms

behave do

Examples

"You should act like an adult" "Don't behave like a fool" "What makes her do this way?" "She played the servant her husband's master"

Synonyms

play represent

Examples

"Gielgud played Hamlet" "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role" "She played the servant to her husband's master"

Examples

"She acts as the chair" "In what capacity are you acting?"

Synonyms

number routine bit turn

Examples

"he did his act three times every evening" "she had a catchy little routine" "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

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play act_as

Examples

"He acted the idiot" "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

Synonyms

roleplay playact play

Examples

"She acts in this play" "He acted in "Julius Caesar" "I played in "A Christmas Carol"

Synonyms

pretend dissemble

Examples

"She's just acting"

Examples

: "This scene acts well"

Synonyms

work

Examples

"The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought" "This method doesn't work" "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

Examples

"he put on quite an act for her benefit"

Synonyms

process cognitive_operation operation mental_process cognitive_process

Examples

"the process of thinking" "the cognitive operation of remembering"