All act synonyms

verb act

• respond — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.
• serve — to act as a servant.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
• function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
• operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
• carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
• appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
• perform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
• react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
• behave — The way that you behave is the way that you do and say things, and the things that you do and say.
• conduct — When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
• seem — to appear to be, feel, do, etc.: She seems better this morning.
• portray — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• mug — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
• strut — to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
• burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
• mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
• mime — the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
• simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
• impersonate — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
• star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
• parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
• personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
• persevere — to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• intrude — to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
• accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
• perk — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
• practice — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
• labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• perpetrate — to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
• preside — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
• consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
• percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
• persist — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
• cook — When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
• officiate — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
• achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
• strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• carry — If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
• comport — If you comport yourself in a particular way, you behave in that way.
• represent — to present again or anew.
• feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.