portray | Definition of portray

Synonyms and Antonyms of portray

1 to give a representation or account of in words

the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness

Synonyms of portray

delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, limn, paint, picture, render, set out, sketch

Words Related to portray

characterize, define, label, qualify, represent

demonstrate, illustrate

narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell

display, exhibit, show

draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette

summarize, sum up, touch off

redescribe, reimage

Near Antonyms of portray

color, distort, falsify, garble, misdescribe, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

2 to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group

traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble

Synonyms of portray

character, characterize, define, depict, describe, represent

Words Related to portray

categorize, classify, pigeonhole, type

color, identify, indicate, name, specify

distinguish, individualize, mark, particularize, stamp

3 to present a picture of

a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up

Synonyms of portray

depict, image, picture, represent

Words Related to portray

delineate, describe, document, render

outline, silhouette, sketch

illustrate, show

4 to present a portrayal or performance of

gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show

Synonyms of portray

act, do, impersonate, interpret, perform, play

Words Related to portray

depict, dramatize, render, represent

act out, enact, pantomime, playact, role-play, take on

overact, overplay, underplay

ape, clown, ham, imitate, masquerade, mime, mimic, pose (as)