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Nouns (13)

act

n. a manifestation of insincerity; "he put on quite an act for her benefit"

act

n. a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

act, enactment

n. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

act, deed, human action, human activity

n. something that people do or cause to happen

act, routine, number, turn, bit

n. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

Verbs (17)

act

v. be suitable for theatrical performance; "This scene acts well"

act

v. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

work, act

v. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

dissemble, pretend, act

v. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"

act, play, roleplay, playact

v. perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

act, behave, do

v. behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

act, play, act as

v. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

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Fuzzynyms (81)

feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"

performance

n. any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"

perpetration, commission, committal

n. the act of committing a crime

execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty

n. putting a condemned person to death

show

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

model, simulation

n. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

operate, run

v. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

officiate

v. act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"

manage, deal, care, handle

v. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

hum, thrum

v. sound with a monotonous hum

move, go, run

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

move, displace

v. cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

murmur

v. speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

struggle

v. to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

v. attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

strive, reach, strain

v. to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

labor, labour

v. undergo the efforts of childbirth

celebrate, fete

v. have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

behave, comport

v. behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

function, work, operate, go, run

v. perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

v. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

forge, fake, counterfeit

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

imitate

v. make a reproduction or copy of

sophisticate, doctor, doctor up

v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

abuse

v. use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"

produce, bring about, give rise to

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

appear

v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

dramatize, dramatise, adopt

v. put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

appear, come along

v. come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"

seem

v. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

Synonyms (8)

pursue, follow up on, act on

v. carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"

act up, carry on

v. misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored"

influence, act upon, work

v. have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"

Antonyms (3)

spectacular

n. a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

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