poseur

noun

po·​seur pō-ˈzər 

ˈpō-zər

: a person who pretends to be what they are not : an affected or insincere person

Examples of poseur in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In place of San Francisco’s decaying arts bohemia of poseurs and charlatans, they can be said to be creating an alternate bohemia. — Michael Bernick, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Citing casual cultural interests risked being exposed as a poseur. — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

The nature of the American political system propagates scads of lawyers and poseurs who blather on endlessly, promising everything and delivering little. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

Nobody made videos in those primitive days, nobody except weird Brit poseurs and art freaks and thirsty postpunk eccentrics, so the network was forced to play them all. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, poser, from poser

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for poseur

• chauffeur
• cockspur
• concur
• confer
• defer
• demur
• deter
• hotspur
• incur
• infer
• inter
• jagir

Kids Definition

poseur

noun

po·​seur pō-ˈzər 

: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not