impersonate

The word “impersonate” has 4 syllables: im-per-son-ate

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpɜːr.sə.neɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for impersonate?

In the thesaurus, “impersonate” has 50 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for impersonate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for impersonate

  • act
  • act a part
  • act like
  • act out
  • ape
  • assume character
  • clown
  • coact
  • copy
  • costar
  • depict
  • ditto
  • do
  • do an impression of
  • double as
  • dramatize
  • dress as
  • enact
  • fake
  • ham
  • imitate
  • interpret
  • make like
  • masquerade
  • masquerade as
  • mime
  • mimic
  • mirror
  • mock
  • monkey
  • overact
  • overplay
  • pantomime
  • parody
  • pass oneself off as
  • perform
  • personate
  • play
  • play a role
  • playact
  • portray
  • pose as
  • put on an act
  • render
  • represent
  • role-play
  • take on
  • take the part of
  • travesty
  • underplay

Antonyms for impersonate

  • be original
  • differ
  • direct
  • fail
  • halt
  • idle
  • oppose
  • prevent
  • reverse
  • stop

Meanings of impersonate

  • verb
    1. To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
    2. To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
    3. To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

Example Sentences

  • The comedian could impersonate famous actors with incredible accuracy.
  • It is illegal to impersonate a police officer.
  • She learned to impersonate different accents for her role in the play.
  • Hackers often try to impersonate trusted websites to steal information.
  • During the party, he decided to impersonate a famous singer for fun.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to impersonate, such as: act, act a part, act like, act out, ape, assume character, be original.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

echo

  • afterimage
  • aftertaste
  • answer
  • ape
  • aper
  • artifact
  • balance
  • copy
  • copycat
  • copyist
  • corpse
  • ditto
  • do like
  • emulate
  • emulator
  • follower
  • ghost
  • go like
  • hangover
  • imitate
  • imitation
  • imitator
  • impersonate
  • impersonator
  • impressionist
  • leavings
  • leftover
  • make like
  • memento
  • mime
  • mimic
  • mirror
  • mirror image
  • mouth
  • oddment
  • onomatopoeia
  • parallel
  • parrot
  • parroting
  • quote
  • react
  • rebound
  • recall
  • redouble
  • reecho
  • reflect
  • reflection
  • reiterate
  • reiteration
  • relic
  • remainder
  • remembrance
  • reminder
  • remnant
  • repeat
  • repercussion
  • repetition
  • reply
  • reproduce
  • reproduction
  • resemble
  • residual
  • residue
  • resonate
  • resound
  • respond
  • rest
  • reverberate
  • reverberation
  • ring
  • ringing
  • roll
  • rubber stamp
  • rubber-stamp
  • scrap
  • second
  • shadow
  • sound
  • trace
  • vestige
  • vibrate
  • wannabe
  • wannabee

echoes

  • afterimages
  • aftertastes
  • answer
  • ape
  • apers
  • apes
  • artifacts
  • balances
  • copies
  • copycats
  • copyists
  • corpses
  • ditto
  • dittos
  • do like
  • dregs
  • emulates
  • emulators
  • followers
  • ghosts
  • go like
  • hangovers
  • imitate
  • imitates
  • imitation
  • imitators
  • impersonate
  • impersonators
  • impressionists
  • leavings
  • leftovers
  • make like
  • mementoes
  • mementos
  • mimes
  • mimic
  • mimics
  • mirror
  • mirror image
  • mouths
  • oddments
  • onomatopoeia
  • parallel
  • parrot
  • parroting
  • parrots
  • quotes
  • react
  • rebound
  • recall
  • redouble
  • reechos
  • reflect
  • reflection
  • reiterate
  • reiteration
  • relics
  • remainders
  • remains
  • remembrances
  • reminders
  • remnants
  • repeats
  • repercussion
  • repetition
  • reply
  • reproduce
  • reproduction
  • resemble
  • residuals
  • residues
  • resonates
  • resound
  • resounds
  • respond
  • rests
  • reverberate
  • reverberates
  • reverberation
  • ring
  • ringing
  • rings
  • rolls
  • rubber stamp
  • rubber stamps
  • rubber-stamp
  • scraps
  • second
  • shadows
  • sounds
  • traces
  • vestiges
  • vibrate
  • wannabees
  • wannabes

fake

  • Janus-faced
  • Pecksniffian
  • act
  • actor
  • ad-lib
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • affect
  • affected
  • artful
  • artificial
  • assume
  • assumed
  • automatic
  • backhanded
  • bastard
  • bluff
  • bluffer
  • bogus
  • brummagem
  • bum
  • calculated
  • camouflage
  • campy
  • canned
  • canting
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • claptrap
  • conceal
  • concoct
  • concocted
  • conscious
  • contrive
  • contrived
  • conventional
  • copy
  • copycat
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • crib
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • cute
  • cutesy
  • deceitful
  • deceiver
  • deception
  • deceptive
  • defrauder
  • deke
  • deliberate
  • delusive
  • designer
  • devious
  • devise
  • disguise
  • dishonest
  • dissemble
  • dissembler
  • dissimulate
  • doctor
  • doctored
  • dodge
  • dodger
  • double
  • double-dealing
  • double-faced
  • duffer
  • dummy
  • duper
  • duplicate
  • empty
  • engineered
  • ersatz
  • evade
  • exaggerated
  • extemporize
  • fabricate
  • fabricated
  • fabrication
  • facetious
  • facile
  • facsimile
  • factitious
  • fake out
  • faker
  • fakir
  • false
  • faux
  • feign
  • feigned
  • feigner
  • feint
  • fictitious
  • flimflam
  • forced
  • forge
  • forged
  • forgery
  • formal
  • four-flusher
  • fraud
  • fraudster
  • fraudulent
  • fudge
  • fudged
  • gaff
  • genteel
  • glib
  • gold brick
  • goody-goody
  • hatch
  • histrionic
  • hoax
  • hoaxer
  • hokey
  • hollow
  • humbug
  • hypocritical
  • imitate
  • imitation
  • imitative
  • imitator
  • impersonal
  • impersonate
  • impersonator
  • imposition
  • imposter
  • impostor
  • imposture
  • improvise
  • inauthentic
  • inflexible
  • insincere
  • invent
  • invented
  • jive
  • jocular
  • juggle
  • juggled
  • juke
  • junque
  • knockoff
  • labored
  • left-handed
  • let on
  • lip
  • make believe
  • make up
  • malinger
  • man-made
  • manipulate
  • manipulated
  • manufacture
  • manufactured
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • meaningless
  • mechanical
  • melodramatic
  • mimic
  • mincing
  • misleader
  • misleading
  • mock
  • mock-up
  • mountebank
  • nonfunctioning
  • operator
  • ornamental
  • overacted
  • overdone
  • overrefined
  • pat
  • pharisaical
  • phoney
  • phoney-baloney
  • phony
  • phony-baloney
  • pinchbeck
  • pious
  • plagiarize
  • plant
  • plastic
  • play
  • playact
  • pose
  • poseur
  • premeditated
  • pretend
  • pretended
  • pretender
  • pretense
  • process
  • profess
  • pseudo
  • pump-fake
  • put on
  • put on an act
  • put-on
  • quack
  • quacksalver
  • queer
  • reduplicate
  • replica
  • replicate
  • reproduce
  • reproduction
  • rigid
  • ringer
  • sanctimonious
  • scam
  • scammer
  • scamster
  • self-righteous
  • sham
  • sharper
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • shoddy
  • sidestep
  • simon-pure
  • simpering
  • simulate
  • simulated
  • simulation
  • skinner
  • sleight
  • slip
  • snide
  • spoof
  • spurious
  • stiff
  • strained
  • studied
  • stutter-step
  • stylized
  • substitute
  • superficial
  • swindle
  • swindler
  • synthetic
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trick
  • trickster
  • two-faced
  • unauthentic
  • unctuous
  • unnatural
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • untruthful
  • wooden

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

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