impersonate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
assume or act the character of
She impersonates Madonna
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- portrayal derivation
- personation derivation
- imposture derivation
- persona derivation
- performing arts domain topic
Sense 2 verb
represent another person with comic intentions
Types & categories
- mock hypernym
Related & opposite
- persona derivation
- impersonation derivation
Sense 3 verb
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
She posed as the Czar's daughter
Types & categories
- deceive hypernym
- masquerade hyponym
Related & opposite
- portrayal derivation
- personation derivation
- imposture derivation
- imitator derivation
- poser derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | portrayal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | personation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | imposture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | persona |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | performing arts |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | persona |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mock |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | portrayal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | personation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imposture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imitator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | poser |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deceive |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | masquerade |