impersonation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
Types & categories
- humor hypernym
- mock-heroic hyponym
- put-on hyponym
Related & opposite
- caricaturist derivation
- caricature derivation
- impersonate derivation
Sense 2 noun
pretending to be another person
Types & categories
- dissimulation hypernym
Related & opposite
- personate derivation
- impersonate derivation
Sense 3 noun
imitating the mannerisms of another person
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- personate derivation
- impersonate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | caricaturist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | caricature |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | humor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mock-heroic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put-on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | personate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dissimulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | personate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | impersonate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | acting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | apery |