All play-act synonyms
play-act
P p verb play-act
- make as if β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- dissemble β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- make believe β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- fox β Free Objects for Crystallography
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- juke β to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- foxed β deceived; tricked.
- foxing β material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- foxes β Plural form of fox.
noun play-act
- flimflammer β a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- hypocrite β a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- quack β a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- hoser β a person who is considered unintelligent or uncouth, especially a beer-drinking man.
- quacksalver β a quack doctor.
- casuist β a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
- caricaturist β A caricaturist is a person who shows other people in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical, especially in drawings or cartoons.
- mummer β a person who wears a mask or fantastic costume while merrymaking or taking part in a pantomime, especially at Christmas and other festive seasons.
- hambone β (especially in vaudeville) a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped black dialect.
- masquerader β a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- dissembler β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- four-flusher β a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- dissimulator β One who dissimulates.
- bunco artist β a confidence trickster or con artist
- mimic β to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- attitudinizer β One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
- impressionist β a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- backslider β A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- fourflusher β a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.