Synonyms & related words for personate

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of personate — including impersonate, personify, portray, embody, depict, incarnate. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to personate

Explore words related to personate — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include personator, personative, pose, personation, portrayable, impersonation, typifying, attitudinize. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for personate

Common synonyms for personate include impersonate, personify, portray, embody, depict, incarnate, represent, exemplify — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does personate come from?

The word personate breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: person, from Latin persona (“mask, character”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make/act as”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.