playacting Synonyms

acting playing performing pantomiming portrayal personation performance disguise melodramatic masquerade impersonation ham pose posing pretense miming fakery attitudinizing campy stage business overacting show sham representation pretension gloss game behaving awkward assumed artificial appearance apish affectation activity action act bluff bluffing fraud facade enactment dissimulation dissembling charade characterization byplay business buffoonery achievement