Search Result for "act_out":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage;
- Example: "She could act neurotic anxiety"

2. act out; represent or perform as if in a play;
- Example: "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
[syn: enact, reenact, act out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

act out
    v 1: represent an incident, state, or emotion by action,
         especially on stage; "She could act neurotic anxiety"
    2: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted
       what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact, reenact,
       act out]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "act out":
   act, act a part, act as, ape, copy, create a role, depict, do,
   enact, impersonate, masquerade as, mime, mimic, pantomime,
   pass for, perform, personate, play, play a part, play a role,
   play opposite, portray, pose as, pretend to be, represent, support,
   sustain a part, take a part, take off