represent

personify

Represent as human

• exemplifyRepresent through instance
• epitomizeRepresent the essence of
• incarnateGiven bodily form

manifest · typify · symbolize · express · embody · reflect · materialize · realize · actualize · instantiate

signify

To convey meaning

• denoteRepresent in meaning
• connoteSuggest beyond literal meaning
• indicateSignal or point to

mean · suggest · evoke · emblem · icon · token · badge · insignia · allegory · metaphor

proxy

Authorized substitute

• agentOne who acts independently
• envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
• ambassadorOfficial foreign representative

emissary · deputy · stand-in · surrogate · diplomat · commissioner · consul · intermediary · negotiator · plenipotentiary

illustrate

Explain through depiction

• portrayRepresent through performance
• renderCause to become
• sketchHasty informal drawing

draw · paint · visualize · delineate · capture · image · diagram · chart · map · outline

explain

Make something understood

• conveyCommunicate or transport
• expressState or fast train
• communicateExchange thoughts with others

state · articulate · recount · narrate · relate · report · voice · declare · characterize · frame

champion

Top competitor, or advocate

• supportTo uphold or sustain
• defendProtect from harm
• lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking

plead · campaign · voice · promote · endorse · back · intercede · petition · counsel · spokesperson

act

Deed or performance

• portrayRepresent through performance
• playRecreation or staged drama
• enactPass into law

impersonate · characterize · interpret · dramatize · reenact · role · performance · portrayal · stage · theater

• representstand for, symbolize, embody, personify, epitomize
• showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
• 90s Slangall that, as if, da bomb, the bomb, dope
• governance verbsgovern, rule, reign, legislate, regulate
• speaking for othersadvocate, spokesperson, mouthpiece, voice, deputize
• imitationcopy, copycat, imitation, mimicking, replica