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dummy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dummy

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
  • The dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only.
Synonyms of dummy

artificial, bogus, ersatz, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Words Related to dummy

cultured, manufactured, process

unauthentic

adulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)

concocted, fabricated

counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony (also phoney)

affected, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious
Near Antonyms of dummy

authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true

premium, quality, valuable

pure, unadulterated
Antonyms of dummy

genuine, natural, real

dummy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dummy

1 a stupid person
  • She's in love with you, you dummy.
Synonyms of dummy

airhead, blockhead, chucklehead, dimwit, dodo, dolt, donkey, dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dunce, fathead, goof, goon, half-wit, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loon, lunkhead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, saphead, simpleton, stock, turkey, yahoo, yo-yo
Words Related to dummy

booby, buffoon, fool, goose, loony, lunatic, madman, nut, zany

loser

gawk

featherbrain, scatterbrain

beast, boor, cad, clown, creep, heel, jerk, skunk, snake, stinker, villain
Near Antonyms of dummy

egghead, intellect, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard
Antonyms of dummy

brain, genius
2 a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes
  • The dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes.
Synonyms of dummy

figure, form, manikin (also mannikin), mannequin
Words Related to dummy

doll
3 something that is made to look exactly like something else
  • For the movie, the props department made a dummy of the spacecraft used in the actual mission.
Synonyms of dummy

carbon, carbon copy, clone, copy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, imitation, mock, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction
Words Related to dummy

counterfeit, fake, forgery, knockoff, phony (also phoney), rip-off, rubber stamp, sham

miniature, mock-up, simulation

reconstruction, re-creation

image, likeness, semblance, shadow

impression, imprint, print

approximation, reincarnation, version

extra, reserve, spare
Antonyms of dummy

archetype, original, prototype

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