impersonate

Verbs

  • (v) assume or act the character of
    • She impersonates Madonna
    • The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
    portray,
  • (v) represent another person with comic intentions
  • (v) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
    • She posed as the Czar's daughter
    personate, pose,

Synonyms

portray personate pose

Words of close approximity

impersonal