VERB DEFINITION EXAMPLE SINONYM ANTONYM

Education and development also act as barriers against extremism accomplishment, achievement, action, blow,
to do a particular job, especially one that you do not normally do ape, copy, imitate, mime, mimic, mock, monkey,
and fundamentalism. deed, doing, execution, exertion, exploit, feat,
Act as parody, travesty
to do a job for a short time He cannot but act as friend. move, operation, performance, step, stroke,
perform, portray
for example while the usual person is absent Avoid caffeine and chocolate, which act as stimulants. undertaking.
to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : ENJOY Do the world a favour and don't act like one.
adore, delight, dig, enjoy, fancy, get off, aversion, disfavor, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred,
Act Like to wish to have : WANT Just act like you know what to do with this.
groove, love, rejoice, relish, revel, savor. loathing, mislike.
to feel inclined : CHOOSE, PREFER Come on, Melvin, we've gotta act like Kate lives here.

to stay in place in expectation of : AWAIT We cannot systematically act on an intergovernmental basis.

Act On to remain stationary in readiness or expectation
one of a band of public musicians in England employed to play for processions or
public entertainments
to act in a way different from that which is normal or expected: such as
to behave in an unruly, recalcitrant, or capricious manner
Act up
to become active or acute after being quiescent
slave, serve, work,administer, care , minister, brush, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, slight,baby,
We need to talk about this for months and never act on it. mother, nurse coddle, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil.
Well, it's not like we're in a position to act on that.
It could act up at the wrong time.
carry on, misbehave
act out, carry on, misbehave,clown (around),
So you can keep the silent act up as long as you want. roughhouse,caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol,
cut up, fool around, horse around, hotdog,
lark, rollick, romp
monkey, show off, showboat, skylark.
It also made his skin act up. Not again, he thought. carouse, maffick, revel, roar, wassail

to deal with (something bad or unpleasant) in a direct way Therefore, my dear Brethren, act up to your professions. beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep
Act Up To defy, face, outbrave, outface avoid, eschew, shun
to not consist of very much or of anything of importance the draft legal act up to the time of a final legal act.
affront. elude, escape, evade, shake
a robbery at gunpoint : HOLDUP can and do; and act up to that will.
to express (something, such as an impulse or a fantasy) directly in overt behavior
We cannot systematically act on an intergovernmental basis. obey,acquit, act, bear, comport, conduct, demean,
without modification to comply with social norms act up, carry on, misbehave,misconduct
Act Out deport, quit,comply, conform
to behave badly or in a socially unacceptable often self-defeating manner especially We need to talk about this for months and never act on it. disobey, rebel,clown
check, collect, compose, constrain, contain.
as a means of venting painful emotions Well, it's not like we're in a position to act on that.
to remain stationary in readiness or expectation Heed this warning now and act upon it.
slave , serve, work,administer, care , minister, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, slight,aid, conserve,
Act Upon to use (something, such as a feeling or suggestion) as a reason or basis for doing mother, nurse,cure, heal, remedy preserve, provide , support
That's because I over-think things and then don't act upon them.
something doctor, treat. baby, coddle.
to stay in place in expectation of : AWAIT It is time to act upon this report.
to wear out especially by physical exertion : EXHAUST It was a terrible act for the greater good.
administer, care , minister, mother, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive
Act For to bring into existence : PRODUCE Can we save the detective act for the morning? nurse,carry off, claim, croak,bump off, nurture,animate,annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off,
butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice. massacre.
to play the role or character Perhaps we need to refine our act for next time.
act, deed, doing, exploit, feat,
a cellular protein found especially in microfilaments and active in muscular Their programming is a creative act in itself.
thing,accomplishment, achievement, inactivity, inertia, passivity
Act In contraction, cellular movement, and maintenance of cell shape
That's no way to act in front of a visitor. attainment diffidence, faintheartedness, timidity
adventure, experience hesitation, reluctance
having a radiate form She put together a pretty solid act in very little time. emprise, enterprise, initiative.

a glossy surface on fabrics that is usually produced by coating with urethane bathe, bedraggle, douse, drench, drown, soak, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, parch, scorch, sear,dewater,
Act Look But we gotta make the act look good. sodden, sop, souse, wash, water, water-soak, evaporate, freeze-dry
the glossy appearance of hair that is treated usually with a gel waterlog, wet drip-dry, wring.