Synonyms for act as
act as

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1. act asverb

   function as or act like

   "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

   Synonyms:
   play, act

2. act, play, act asverb

   pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

   "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, make for, flirt, play, represent, dissemble, dally, recreate, wager, move, wreak, take on, work, toy, roleplay, playact, bet, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, meet, act, bring, encounter, trifle, behave, do

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1. Norman Nathman:

   If my son were ever to say or even act as if he was uncomfortable by it, we would of course respect that.

2. Lisa Houlette:

   I also have instructed all early voting workers, if a voter is uncomfortable that they are to cancel ballot immediately, and let them the voter cast again, and choose the machine of their choice. They can even get the clerk to act as a witness.

3. Tony Estremera:

   We can't afford to wait to act as our water supplies are being threatened locally and across Northern California, to better deal with these threats and the emergency they are causing, today my fellow Board Members and I unanimously declared a water shortage emergency condition in Santa Clara County.

4. State John Kerry:

   President Assad is singing on a completely different song sheet and sent his foreign minister out yesterday to try to act as a spoiler and take off the table what President Putin and the Iranians have agreed to.

5. Fernando Altemeyer:

   Zika has put humanity in crisis and if it worsens it will force the Church to make a decision on saving human life versus saving its own dogma ... There is no easy answer, there really is nothing in canon law to act as a guide, zika is putting at risk the most innocent - unborn children - so it would be entirely adequate that the Church shift its position on contraceptives for this case.