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Portray

Portray is a 7 letter word, used as a verb, grade 3, a compound word, with Middle French origins, and has the letters aoprrty (aoprty). Starts with p, ends with y, five consonants, two vowels and two syllables.

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7 Letters
5 Consonants
2 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use portray as a verb in a sentence.
About Portray
A 2 syllables verb and 7 letters with the letters a, o, p, r, t, and y, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter t. Portray starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, po, por, port, portr, and the ending characters are y, ay, ray, tray, rtray, ..
Definition
Portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
Origin/Roots
Middle French
Compound Words
A compound word, portray has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are port, and ray.
School Grade
Portray is set as a grade three word that starts with p, ends with y, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is portray a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Portray in Pig Latin is said as "ortraypay or ortraypway".
Unigram
p | o | r | t | r | a | y
Bigram
po | or | rt | tr | ra | ay
Trigram
por | ort | rtr | tra | ray
Quadrigram
port | ortr | rtra | tray
Word Gram
Verb Examples
portray in words;
"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
make a portrait of;
"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally;
"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
assume or act the character of;
"She impersonates Madonna";
"The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Portray"

There are 132 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to portray.

SynonymDefinition
Act A Part
Act Out
Animated Cartoon
Bring To Life
Cartoona film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
Cash Register
Catch A Likeness
Chalka piece of chalk (or similar substance) used for writing on blackboards or other surfaces
Characterthe inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
"education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
Characterisedescribe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
"You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"
"This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from portray.
Anagram Definition
Portrayportray in words
"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

View English words with the unique letters used in portray. Words With The Letters Aoprty

Derives

Portray derives from 3 words.
Word Definition
Portraitany likeness of a person
"the photographer made excellent portraits"
Portraiturethe activity of making portraits
Portrayalacting the part of a character on stage
dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Hypernyms

Portray has 1 hypernyms.
Word Definition
Representto establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word portray.

Is portray a scrabble word or can you use portray in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 617576 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 702491 games. This 7 letter 12 point scrabble word can be rearranged 2,520 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, o, p, r, t, and y? There's 2 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, o, p, r, t, and y. Here is a list of 2 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Portray (7 letters) 12 12 portray
Parrotry (8 letters) 13 +1 13 +1 parrotry

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