Another word for pose
pose
n.
artificial position, affectation, mannerism, airs, pretense, posture, stance, attitude, bearing, posturing, attitudinizing, act, façade, front, show, playacting; see also fake, pretense 1.
pose refers to an attitude or manner that is assumed for the effect that it will have on others her generosity is a mere pose; affectation is used of a specific piece of artificial behavior intended obviously to impress others an affectation of speech; a mannerism is a peculiarity, as in behavior or speech, (often originally an affectation) that has become habitual and unconscious his mannerism of raising one eyebrow in surprise; airs is used of an affected pretense of superior manners and graces stop putting on airs See also syn. study at posture.
pose
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Another word for pose
To assume a particular position, as for a portrait:
posture, sit. See postureTo assume an exaggerated or unnatural attitude or pose:
attitudinize, posture. Idiom: strike an attitude. See postureTo represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is:
attitudinize, impersonate, masquerade, pass, posture. Idiom: pass oneself off as. See honestTo behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:
act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See honest, trueTo state, as an idea, for consideration:
advance, offer, propose, propound, put forward, set forth, submit, suggest. See offerTo seek an answer to (a question):
ask, put, raise. See ask
The way in which one is placed or arranged:
attitude, position, posture. See postureThe way in which a person holds or carries his or her body:
attitude, carriage, posture, stance. See postureArtificial behavior adopted to impress others:
affectation, affectedness, air (used in plural), mannerism, pretense. See honest, true
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