Antonyms and Synonyms for act
1. act (v.)
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- essay
- play it by ear
- queen it over
- move
- take part
- antagonize
- participate
- go
- get around to
- come out
- coact
- acquit
- look sharp
- alternate
- make sure
- make out
- solicit
- deign
- make do
- descend
- prosecute
- race
- assay
- make a point
- fetch up
- egotrip
- bear
- antagonise
- dispatch
- presume
- interrupt
- dare
- disturb
- come close
- pay back
- get by
- try
- continue
- misbehave
- hasten
- respond
- force
- deal
- go along
- begin
- step up
- finish
- evade
- misconduct
- act on
- step forward
- go off at half-cock
- put on airs
- forestall
- hold back
- stoop
- woo
- behave
- conduct
- surprise
- approach
- maneuver
- sneak
- end up
- dally
- wait
- act superior
- engage
- take care
- stampede
- do well
- keep
- oppose
- go ahead
- commit
- create
- foresee
- wind up
- misdemean
- manage
- plow ahead
- guard
- come forward
- land up
- carry
- take over
- manoeuver
- aggress
- use
- toy
- proceed
- interact
- set about
- attack
- take time by the forelock
- start
- reciprocate
- manoeuvre
- finish up
- cope
- come to the fore
- go about
- deport
- hurry
- volunteer
- pull
- rush
- rampage
- pursue
- anticipate
- flirt
- condescend
- festinate
- lower oneself
- exert
- comport
- had best
- partner
- seek
- counteract
- satisfice
- make bold
- court
- persist in
- offer
- repay
- romance
- grapple
- go off half-cocked
- take
- go on
- contend
- play
- repeat
- effect
- react
- satisfise
- lord it over
- attempt
- step to the fore
- counter
- perpetrate
- perform
- take turns
- hold off
- reward
2. act (n.)
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
3. act (n.)
something that people do or cause to happen
- leveling
- motivation
- disposition
- communication
- causation
- human action
- running away
- egress
- leaning
- abidance
- speech act
- touch
- assumption
- deed
- leaving
- causing
- emergence
- egression
- forfeiture
- exhumation
- recovery
- disinterment
- promulgation
- implementation
- disposal
- human activity
- interference
- event
- find
- production
- proclamation
- going away
- waste
- assessment
- forfeit
- discovery
- wearing
- inactivity
- hinderance
- motivating
- communicating
- digging up
- sacrifice
- activity
- stop
- stoppage
- judgement
- stay
- delivery
- touching
- acquiring
- permissive waste
- obstetrical delivery
- rejection
- actuation
- judgment
- mitsvah
- legitimation
- going
- hire
- equalisation
- nonaccomplishment
- derivation
- mitzvah
- getting
- uncovering
- residence
- equalization
- departure
- effectuation
- nonachievement
- residency
- hindrance
- action
- propulsion
- distribution
- retrieval
- group action
- wear
4. act (v.)
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lose it
- sentimentalise
- stooge
- footle
- act as
- freeze
- dawdle
- bend over backwards
- jest
- follow
- loosen up
- trifle
- wanton
- make
- sentimentize
- piffle
- backslap
- frivol
- behave
- storm
- act reflexively
- snap
- toy
- swagger
- sauce
- vulgarize
- do
- play
- relax
- hugger mugger
- swell
- puff up
- make as if
- dissemble
- presume
- dally
- optimize
- quack
- menace
- optimise
- rage
- fall over backwards
- act involuntarily
- pretend
- ramp
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- break down
- joke
- vulgarise
- swash
- bluster
- bungle
- romanticize
5. act (n.)
a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
8. act (n.)
a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
10. act (v.)
have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
