Act like and Idle

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Idle is an antonym for act like in topics: pretend, pretend to be another.

Idle verb - To spend time doing nothing.

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Act like is an antonym for idle.

Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

It turns out that while he talks a great deal about losing oneself in idle pleasures, Lord Harry doesn't have the heart to really act like the complete Straw Nihilist he talks like.

Source: Literature / The Picture of Dorian Gray

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