impersonate Definition
im·per·son·ate (im pʉr′sə nāt′)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- Now Rare to represent in the form of a person; personify; embody
- to act the part of; specif.,
- to mimic the appearance, manner, etc. of (a person) for purposes of entertainment
- to pretend to be for purposes of fraud to impersonate an officer
impersonate Related Forms
im·per′·sona′·tion noun
im·per′·sona′·tor noun
impersonate Synonyms
impersonate
v.
impersonate Usage Examples
Object
- person: You agree that you will not try to register more than once, impersonate any other person or use a false name.
- someone: Using a false name or email address or impersonating someone else will result in cancelation of your account.
- anyone: Falsely impersonate anyone from the Aberdeen Journals Ltd or The Beehive with the intent to mislead others.
- officer: Industry warning on individuals impersonating FSA officers to gain access to data.
- user: You may not attempt to disguise your username or hostname in order to impersonate other users or to use IRC anonymously.
- character: It is therefore dead easy for a director to build her world on the screen and get actors to impersonate the characters.
Modifying Another Word
- not: How do I know that someone else is not impersonating him or her?
- falsely: Falsely impersonate anyone from the Aberdeen Journals Ltd or The Beehive with the intent to mislead others.
- even: Car-jacking is also becoming more frequent, usually occurring at night, and with some criminals even impersonating traffic policeman in the process.
- successfully: Or thirdly, there must be a handful of rampant women in Britain successfully impersonating Peter Stringfellow's libido upon the male population.
- also: Scott also impersonated the Gibson Girl with her curvaceous figure.
- never: I agree that a genuine Guide would never impersonate anyone.
Browse dictionary entries near impersonate
- ‹ impersonalize
- ‹ impersonal
- ‹ impermissible
- ‹ impermeable
- ‹ impermanent
- ‹ imperium
- ‹ imperishable
- ‹ imperious
- ‹ imperil
- ‹ imperialism

