1. (

• impersonate ,
• portray ,

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

2. (

• impersonate ,

) represent another person with comic intentions ;

3. (

• pose ,
• impersonate ,
• personate

) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" ;