Synonyms and Antonyms of portrayal

synonym (synonym of portrayal)

  • (noun.communication)
    portrait, portraiture
    a word picture of a person's appearance and character (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.act)
    characterization, enactment, personation
    acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    depicting, depiction, portraying
    a representation by picture or portraiture (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    portrait
    any likeness of a person, in any medium (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.act)
    delineation, depiction
    representation by drawing or painting etc (noun.act)
     

hypernym (portrayal IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a representation by picture or portraiture (noun.cognition)
    representational process
    any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else (noun.cognition)
     
  • a word picture of a person's appearance and character (noun.communication)
    characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting
    a graphic or vivid verbal description (noun.communication)
     
  • acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act)
    acting, performing, playacting, playing
    the performance of a part or role in a drama (noun.act)
     
  • any likeness of a person, in any medium (noun.artifact)
    likeness, semblance
    picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing (noun.artifact)
     
  • representation by drawing or painting etc (noun.act)
    pictorial representation, picturing
    visual representation as by photography or painting (noun.act)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF portrayal relation)

  • a representation by picture or portraiture (noun.cognition)
    mirror
    a faithful depiction or reflection (noun.cognition)
     
  • acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act)
    impression
    an impressionistic portrayal of a person (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    character, part, persona, role, theatrical role
    an actor's portrayal of someone in a play (noun.cognition)
     
  • any likeness of a person, in any medium (noun.artifact)
    half-length
    a portrait showing the body from only the waist up (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    self-portrait
    a portrait of yourself created by yourself (noun.artifact)
     
  • representation by drawing or painting etc (noun.act)
    portraiture
    the activity of making portraits (noun.act)
     

derivation (.... is derived from portrayal)

  • a representation by picture or portraiture (noun.cognition)
    depict, limn, portray
    make a portrait of (verb.creation)
     
  • a word picture of a person's appearance and character (noun.communication)
    portray
    portray in words (verb.communication)
     
  • acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (noun.act)
    impersonate, personate, pose
    pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    act out, enact, reenact
    act out; represent or perform as if in a play (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    impersonate, portray
    assume or act the character of (verb.creation)
     
  • representation by drawing or painting etc (noun.act)
    delineate, describe, draw, line, trace
    make a mark or lines on a surface (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    depict, picture, render, show
    show in, or as in, a picture (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    portray, present
    represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    delineate, limn, outline
    trace the shape of (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    define, delineate
    show the form or outline of (verb.stative)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym derivation portrait portraiture characterization enactment depicting depiction acting performing pictorial representation picturing likeness semblance impression character portraiture half-length self-portrait impersonate personate act out enact portray delineate
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. portrait, portraiture . characterization, enactment, personation . depicting, depiction, portraying . portrait . delineation, depiction . representational process . characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting . acting, performing, playacting, playing . likeness, semblance . pictorial representation, picturing . mirror . impression . character, part, persona, role, theatrical role . half-length . self-portrait . portraiture . depict, limn, portray . portray . impersonate, personate, pose . act out, enact, reenact . impersonate, portray . delineate, describe, draw, line, trace . depict, picture, render, show . portray, present . delineate, limn, outline . define, delineate


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