Synonyms for pose
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1. pose

   Position as applied to the arrangement or situation of the human body or limbs may denote that which is conscious or unconscious, of the living or the dead; but we do not speak of the attitude, pose, or posture of a corpse; unless, in some rare case, we might say the body was found in a sitting posture, where the posture is thought of as assumed in life, or as, at first glance, suggesting life. A posture is assumed without any special reference to expression of feeling; as, an erect posture, a reclining posture; attitude is the position appropriate to the expression of some feeling; the attitude may be unconsciously taken through the strength of the feeling; as, an attitude of defiance; or it may be consciously assumed in the attempt to express the feeling; as, he assumed an attitude of humility. A pose is a position studied for artistic effect, or considered with reference to such effect; the unconscious posture of a spectator or listener may be an admirable pose from an artist's standpoint.

   Synonyms:
   attitude, position, posture

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1. pose

   Synonyms:
   puzzle, perplex, bewilder, dumbfounder, mystify, embarrass, daze, confound

   Antonyms:
   enlighten, unmystify, indoctrinate, initiate

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1. airs, posenoun

   affected manners intended to impress others

   "don't put on airs with me"

   Synonyms:
   airs, mannerism, affectation, affectedness

2. posenoun

   a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

   Synonyms:
   airs, mannerism, affectation, affectedness

3. affectation, mannerism, pose, affectednessverb

   a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

   Synonyms:
   idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism, affectation, affectedness, airs

4. present, poseverb

   introduce

   "This poses an interesting question"

   Synonyms:
   lay out, stupefy, baffle, stick, perplex, place, get, demo, exhibit, mystify, flummox, show, acquaint, sit, deliver, award, nonplus, confront, personate, impersonate, position, dumbfound, gift, puzzle, lay, salute, give, posture, amaze, beat, represent, stage, gravel, present, face, demonstrate, portray, bewilder, vex, submit, set, model, put, introduce

5. model, pose, sit, postureverb

   assume a posture as for artistic purposes

   "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

   Synonyms:
   sit down, stupefy, baffle, stick, seat, mock up, get, sit, simulate, put, mystify, flummox, beat, present, place, personate, impersonate, position, dumbfound, perplex, mould, sit around, lay, ride, posture, amaze, mold, baby-sit, gravel, pattern, nonplus, bewilder, vex, set, model, puzzle

6. pose, impersonate, personateverb

   pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

   "She posed as the Czar's daughter"

   Synonyms:
   personify, put, portray, stick, dumbfound, beat, set, stupefy, place, gravel, lay, mystify, perplex, bewilder, nonplus, puzzle, posture, sit, get, present, amaze, model, position, personate, baffle, vex, flummox, impersonate

7. pose, postureverb

   behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

   "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

   Synonyms:
   put, stick, dumbfound, beat, set, stupefy, place, gravel, lay, mystify, perplex, bewilder, nonplus, puzzle, posture, sit, get, present, amaze, model, position, personate, baffle, vex, flummox, impersonate

8. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

   put into a certain place or abstract location

   "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

   Synonyms:
   sit, site, redact, gear up, fructify, send, mystify, put down, coiffure, plant, cast, put, prepare, do, rank, frame, place, impersonate, fix, countersink, arrange, stick, set up, define, station, gravel, aim, repose, amaze, beat, posture, come out, dress, typeset, localise, dumbfound, localize, mark, go under, point, locate, specify, correct, bewilder, set, personate, position, come in, rate, sic, range, limit, jell, grade, present, coiffe, post, baffle, lay, vex, coif, commit, direct, perplex, stupefy, flummox, ready, rig, get, order, invest, identify, determine, target, puzzle, model, go down, congeal, assign, lay out, couch, adjust, nonplus

9. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb

   be a mystery or bewildering to

   "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

   Synonyms:
   drum, lay, take, cause, receive, get at, outfox, wash up, foil, start, besot, father, experience, mystify, pound, rile, stun, have, become, sustain, stay, put, scram, regulate, drive, start out, amaze, stimulate, sire, model, devil, cohere, sting, engender, get to, cleave, go, fix, scotch, pay back, annoy, stick, suffer, beat up, beat, set about, trounce, get down, thrum, incur, posture, stick by, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, stick around, set out, agitate, flap, rag, crush, arrest, stick to, develop, outwit, throw, bring, bewilder, nettle, irritate, mother, set, personate, stir up, lodge, quiver, buzz off, catch, present, scramble, wedge, shake up, make, beget, puzzle, flummox, stand by, thump, cross, get, generate, bind, complicate, nark, find, outsmart, deposit, cling, obtain, vex, worry, adhere, capture, position, aim, induce, ticktack, spoil, perplex, work over, tucker out, raise up, bother, bunk, gravel, begin, disturb, impersonate, fetch, discombobulate, circumvent, let, get under one's skin, frustrate, sit, astound, arrive, tick, produce, pulsate, convey, thwart, bond, acquire, come, bemuse, tucker, commove, pay off, bilk, astonish, ticktock, bugger off, beat out, hold fast, chafe, vanquish, shell, stay put, place, nonplus, commence, baffle

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Constitute
   • Deceive
   • Expose
   • Move
   • Position

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1. posenoun

   Synonyms:
   attitude (formally assumed), posture

2. poseverb

   Synonyms:
   puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand

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1. posenoun

   Synonyms:
   attitude, posture (assumed)

2. poseverb

   Synonyms:
   attitudinize, nonplus, bewilder, embarrass

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1. List of paraphrases for "pose":

   represent, constitute, ask, raise, present, weigh, put

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1. Charles de LEUSSE:

   When we pose as a victim, we quickly filed our patent of victim. (Quand en victime, on se pose, - Son brevet, vite, on dépose.)

2. Jonar Nader:

   Inventors, pioneers, radicals, visionaries; these have ventured from the lonely and costly camp of minority only to be obstructed by majority-rule concepts that tolerate inferiority, hinder progress, harbor injustice, and pose limits within the decaying status quo.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   For this administration to pose as people of faith, and pose as people who care about family and children, is a height of hypocrisy that knows no bounds.

4. Oscar Wilde, The picture of Dorian Gray:

   Being natural is simply a pose.

5. Ria Tabacco Mar:

   The mail policy is based on the dubious notion that gay prisoners pose a security threat simply for being who they are and the equally absurd idea that reading about gay people will somehow make you gay, gay people are no more likely to pose a threat than anyone else.