Dictionary entries for 'portray'

Synonyms

delineate
depict
describe
express
image
limn
picture
render
represent
show
act
do
enact
impersonate
perform
play
play-act
represent

por·tray (pôr-trā́, pōr-)

[Middle English portraien, from Old French portraire, por-, forth (from Latin prō-, forth; see pro–¹), + traire, to draw (from Latin trahere, to drag).]

transitive verb: -trayed, -tray·ing, -trays.

To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of.
To depict or describe in words.
To represent dramatically, as on the stage. See synonyms at represent

derivatives

por·traýa·ble: adjective
por·traýer: noun

transitive verb: -trayed, -tray·ing, -trays.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition