S: (v) act, play, represent (play a role or part) "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"
S: (v) make, pretend, make believe (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like) "She makes like an actress"
S: (v) support (play a subordinate role to (another performer)) "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
S: (v) enact, reenact, act out (act out; represent or perform as if in a play) "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
S: (v) act out (represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage) "She could act neurotic anxiety"
S: (v) impersonate, portray (assume or act the character of) "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
S: (v) portray, present (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture) "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"