A strong yen is acting against Japan's export industries.
Source: tatoeba (25947)
Acting
//ˈæk.tɪŋ//
Synonyms for "acting" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
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Noun(3 words)
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More general
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescauses desire
1 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entriesis a
9 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπόκρισις noun (occupation of an actor)
Arabic
1 entries- تَمْثِيل noun (occupation of an actor)
Armenian
1 entries- դերասանություն noun (occupation of an actor)
Catalan
1 entries- actuació noun (occupation of an actor)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 代 adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- 代理 adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- 演技 noun (occupation of an actor)
Esperanto
2 entries- portempa adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- aktorado noun (occupation of an actor)
Finnish
3 entries- virkaa toimittava adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- väliaikainen adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- näytteleminen noun (occupation of an actor)
French
2 entries- intérimaire adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- par intérim adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Georgian
3 entries- მოვალეობების შემსრულებელი adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- მოვალეობის შემსრულებელი adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- მოქმედი adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
German
4 entries- amtierend adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- geschäftsführend adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- stellvertretend adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- Schauspielkunst noun (occupation of an actor)
Gujarati
1 entries- કાર્યકારી adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Hindi
1 entries- कार्यकारी adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Hungarian
3 entries- alakítás noun (occupation of an actor)
- színjátszás noun (occupation of an actor)
- színészi játék noun (occupation of an actor)
Indonesian
1 entries- akting noun (occupation of an actor)
Irish
2 entries- gníomhach adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- aisteoireacht noun (occupation of an actor)
Japanese
2 entries- 代理の adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- 演技 noun (occupation of an actor)
Kapampangan
2 entries- pamagarte noun (occupation of an actor)
- pamagarti noun (occupation of an actor)
Korean
1 entries- 연기 noun (occupation of an actor)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- оюнчулук noun (occupation of an actor)
Latin
1 entries- histriōnia noun (occupation of an actor)
Macedonian
1 entries- глума noun (occupation of an actor)
Malayalam
2 entries- ബദലായ adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- അഭിനയം noun (occupation of an actor)
Māori
1 entries- taupua adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Persian
1 entries- بازیگری noun (occupation of an actor)
Polish
4 entries- p.o. adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- pełniąca obowiązki adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- pełniący obowiązki adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- aktorstwo noun (occupation of an actor)
Portuguese
4 entries- interino adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- temporário adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- atuação noun (occupation of an actor)
- encenação noun (occupation of an actor)
Romanian
1 entries- actorie noun (occupation of an actor)
Russian
4 entries- ври́о adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- и.о. adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- исполня́ющий обя́занности adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- актёрское иску́сство noun (occupation of an actor)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- вршилац дужности adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Slovak
1 entries- úradujúci adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Slovene
1 entries- igranje noun (occupation of an actor)
Spanish
4 entries- en funciones adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- interino adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- suplente adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- actuación noun (occupation of an actor)
Swedish
4 entries- stf adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- ställföreträdande adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- tf adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
- tillförordnad adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Thai
1 entries- รักษาการ adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Turkish
1 entries- oyunculuk noun (occupation of an actor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- виконувач обов'язків adj (temporarily assuming the duties or authority)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
Source: tatoeba (28389)
Mary is always acting foolishly.
Source: tatoeba (32003)
Mr Brown was acting in the capacity of ambassador.
Source: tatoeba (34236)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.