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manikin

noun
variants: also mannikin

Synonyms and Antonyms of manikin

1 a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes
  • the store has manikins so lifelike that they have startled me on more than one occasion
Synonyms of manikin

dummy, figure, form, mannequin
Words Related to manikin

doll
2 a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising
  • the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk
Synonyms of manikin

mannequin, model
Words Related to manikin

figure, form

doll, dummy

spokesmodel, supermodel

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