English Dictionary

PLAYACT

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does playact mean? 

PLAYACT (verb)
  The verb PLAYACT has 1 sense:

1. perform on a stage or theaterplay

  Familiarity information: PLAYACT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAYACT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform on a stage or theater

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

act; play; playact; roleplay

Context example:

I played in 'A Christmas Carol'

Hypernyms (to "playact" is one way to...):

perform (give a performance (of something))

Verb group:

play (perform on a certain location)

play (be performed or presented for public viewing)

act; play; represent (play a role or part)

act (be suitable for theatrical performance)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "playact"):

stooge (act as the stooge)

mime; pantomime (act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only)

ham; ham it up; overact; overplay (exaggerate one's acting)

underact; underplay (act (a role) with great restraint)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

playacting (the performance of a part or role in a drama)

playactor (an actor who travels around the country presenting plays)


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