noun
the performance of a part or role in a drama
• Syn: ↑acting, ↑playing, ↑playacting
• Derivationally related forms: ↑perform, ↑playact (for: ↑playacting), ↑play (for: ↑playing), ↑act (for: ↑acting)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity, ↑performing arts
• Hyponyms:
↑portrayal, ↑characterization, ↑enactment, ↑personation, ↑impersonation, ↑method acting, ↑method, ↑mime, ↑pantomime, ↑dumb show, ↑business, ↑stage business, ↑byplay, ↑skit, ↑hamming, ↑overacting, ↑heroics, ↑reenactment, ↑roleplaying
• Part Holonyms: ↑performance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.