as in mime
disapproving
a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people
He's not really interested in art. He's just a poser.
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of poser
Seek out the real meaning; don’t follow or emulate posers.
—
Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Newsom became, by his own definition, a poser.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
This means not undershooting to the point of looking passive and not overshooting to the point of looking like a poser.
—Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Portman plays a desperate, well, gallerist looking to offload a corpse as art during Miami’s annual poser-heavy Art Basel conference.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Friendly goats treat downward dog posers as their own obstacle courses, scrambling atop yogis who may just find that supporting the weight of their agile farm friends is a surprisingly vigorous — and hilarious — core workout.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2025
Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
This was a bit of a poser for planetary scientists.
—David Szondy
july 27, New Atlas, 27 July 2025
Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Newsom became, by his own definition, a poser.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
This means not undershooting to the point of looking passive and not overshooting to the point of looking like a poser.
—Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
Portman plays a desperate, well, gallerist looking to offload a corpse as art during Miami’s annual poser-heavy Art Basel conference.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Friendly goats treat downward dog posers as their own obstacle courses, scrambling atop yogis who may just find that supporting the weight of their agile farm friends is a surprisingly vigorous — and hilarious — core workout.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2025
Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
This was a bit of a poser for planetary scientists.
—David Szondy
july 27, New Atlas, 27 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poser
Noun
-
The long-running music/movement/fantasy/comedy/mime/percussion performance spectacle took a hit last year when its standing companies in New York, Boston and Chicago all thumped their last drum full of blue paint.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
-
Slater is a virtuosic physical actor, and his evocation of the mime’s precision, silliness, and grace—the elastic faces, the acrobatic tumbles, the fingers that bloom into flowers, then wilt, then bloom again — is painstaking and loving in its observance.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Almost by default, that meant collaboration between the production design team and the cast of actors to put as much personal material in the frame as possible, while still being very telling about who each Rockin’ Grandmas employee is.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
30 Mar. 2026
-
Hurt was married to late actor William Hurt from 1971 to 1982 and married Schrader in 1983.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Poser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poser. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
