equal, be - be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

embody, personify, be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

epitomise, epitomize, typify - embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"

instantiate - represent by an instance; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"

speak for - be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

serve - do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms"

misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

dramatise, dramatize - represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"

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

embody - represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

embody, personify, be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

make - constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man"

compose - form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality"

form, constitute, make - to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"

straddle, range - range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"

fall into, fall under - be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

pose, present - introduce; "This poses an interesting question"

supplement - serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"

artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"

re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

carnalize, sensualize - represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture

silhouette - represent by a silhouette

animalise, animalize - represent in the form of an animal

profile - represent in profile, by drawing or painting

paint - make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"

capture - succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"

depict, picture, show, render - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

stylise, stylize, conventionalize - represent according to a conventional style; "a stylized female head"

map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"

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

portray, present - represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

mock up, model - construct a model of; "model an airplane"

graph, chart - represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"

performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance

act as, act, play - pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"

re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

support - play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"

play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians"

act out, enact, reenact - act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

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

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

parody - make a spoof of or make fun of

emote - give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role

performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance

re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

localise, localize, set, place - locate; "The film is set in Africa"

describe, depict, draw - give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"

symbolise, symbolize - represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"

actualise, actualize - represent or describe realistically

remonstrate, point out - present and urge reasons in opposition

argue, reason - present reasons and arguments

argue, indicate - give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

spin - twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrasing"

say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

permute, transpose, commute - change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"