Acting Synonyms

162 acting synonyms include interim, temporary, provisional, proxy, ad interim, alternate, makeshift, backup, substitute, and provisionary. Acting is an adjective, and its antonyms are permanent and long-term. Here are some additional synonyms for "acting" with example sentences.

Another word for Acting

162 other ways to say acting.

1. interim

  • temporary
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  • substitute
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  • stopgap  
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  • proxy  
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  • provisory  
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  • provisionary  
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  • provisional  
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  • makeshift  
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  • make-do  
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  • jackleg  
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  • interim  
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  • backup  
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  • alternate  
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  • ad interim  
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2. theatre

  • theatrics  
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  • theatricals  
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  • theatre  
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  • theater  
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  • stage
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  • spectacle  
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  • show business  
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  • showbiz  
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  • show
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  • recreation  
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  • production
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  • presentation  
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  • pageantry  
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  • pageant  
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  • footlights  
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  • exhibition  
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  • entertainment
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  • dramatics  
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  • drama  
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  • diversion  
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  • distraction
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  • boards  
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  • amusement  
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3. playing

  • underplaying  
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  • taking on  
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  • starring (in)  
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  • roleplaying  
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  • role-playing  
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  • representing  
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  • rendering  
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  • posing (as)  
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  • portraying  
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  • playing  
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  • playacting  
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  • performing  
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  • pantomiming  
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  • overplaying  
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  • overacting  
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  • miming  
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  • mimicking  
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  • masquerading  
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  • interpreting  
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  • impersonating  
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  • imitating  
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  • hamming  
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  • enacting  
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  • dramatizing  
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  • doing
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  • depicting  
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  • costarring  
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  • coacting  
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  • co-starring  
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  • co-acting  
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  • clowning  
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  • aping  
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  • acting out  
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4. working

  • working  
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  • taking hold  
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  • taking effect  
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  • taking  
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  • swaying  
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  • resulting  
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  • responding  
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  • redounding  
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  • reacting  
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  • performing  
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  • panning out  
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  • operating  
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  • influencing  
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  • behaving  
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  • affecting  
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5. seeming

  • suggesting  
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  • sounding  
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  • seeming  
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  • resembling  
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  • recalling  
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  • pretending  
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  • making
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  • looking  
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  • insinuating  
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  • implying  
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  • hinting  
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  • feeling
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  • dissembling  
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  • coming off (as)  
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  • coming across (as)  
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  • appearing  
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6. serving

  • working  
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  • supervising  
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  • serving  
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  • running
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  • regulating  
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  • performing  
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  • overseeing  
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  • operating  
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  • managing  
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  • handling
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  • guiding  
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  • functioning  
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  • directing  
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  • controlling  
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  • carrying on  
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  • administering
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7. pretending

  • simulating  
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  • shamming  
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  • putting on  
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  • professing  
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  • pretending  
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  • posing  
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  • playing  
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  • playacting  
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  • passing (for)  
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  • masquerading  
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  • masking  
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  • malingering  
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  • making believe  
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  • letting on  
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  • impersonating  
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  • imitating  
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  • forging  
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  • feinting  
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  • feigning  
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  • faking  
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  • dissimulating  
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  • dissembling  
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  • disguising  
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  • counterfeiting  
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  • concealing  
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  • camouflaging  
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  • bluffing  
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  • assuming  
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  • affecting  
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8. mocking

  • travestying  
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  • posing (as)  
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  • portraying  
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  • playing  
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  • personating  
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  • performing  
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  • parodying  
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  • monkeying  
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  • mocking  
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  • miming  
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  • mimicking  
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  • masquerading (as)  
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  • impersonating  
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  • imitating  
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  • copying  
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  • aping  
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Use acting in a Sentence

acting requires confidence and expression.

Consider the consequences before acting.

He's acting really stupid today.

Stop acting like a jabroni!

They assessed the situation before acting.

Ugh, my phone's acting up.