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- Dictionaryimpersonation/ɪmˌpəːsəˈneɪʃn/
noun
- 1. an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud: "he did an impersonation of Fred Astaire"
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the act of attempting to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person: He was charged with impersonation of a police officer. Voter impersonation is the least common kind of voter fraud. See. impersonate. Fewer examples. My dad was doing a passable impersonation of Fred Astaire.
Impersonation definition: the act of pretending to be someone else, with intent to mislead or deceive. See examples of IMPERSONATION used in a sentence.
to intentionally copy another person's characteristics, such as their behaviour, speech, appearance, or expressions, especially to make people laugh: She's the woman who impersonates all the celebrities on TV. to attempt to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person: He was fined for impersonating a police officer.
Impersonation is when someone pretends to be another person. If you pretend to be your twin brother all day at school, that's impersonation.
the act of attempting to deceive someone by pretending that you are another person: He was charged with impersonation of a police officer. Voter impersonation is the least common kind of voter fraud. See. impersonate. Fewer examples. My dad was doing a passable impersonation of Fred Astaire.
an act of pretending to be somebody in order to trick people or to entertain them synonym impression. He did an extremely convincing impersonation of the singer. Want to learn more?
Impersonate definition: to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be. See examples of IMPERSONATE used in a sentence.
Impersonate means to pretend to be someone you're not. If you impersonate a bank teller in order to gain access to the money in the vault, you better hope nobody at the bank asks you any questions. Impersonate comes from the Latin in and persona, meaning "to invest with a personality."
: to assume or act the character of : personate. impersonation. im-ˌpər-sə-ˈnā-shən. noun. impersonator. im-ˈpər-sə-ˌnā-tər. noun. Synonyms. act. masquerade (as) personate. play. pose (as) See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of impersonate in a Sentence.
impersonate somebody to pretend to be somebody in order to trick people or to entertain them. He was caught trying to impersonate a security guard. They do a pretty good job of impersonating Laurel and Hardy.
