1. (

• portray

) portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" ;

2. (

• portray ,
• depict ,
• limn

) make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" ;

3. (

• impersonate ,
• portray ,

) assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" ;

4. (

• portray ,
• present ,

) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" ;

1. (

• depicted ,
• pictured ,
• portrayed

) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines ;