POSERS Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

posers

noun

plural of poser

as in mimes

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.

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Recent Examples of posers Get paid, hang out like the rest of these posers. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The idea is that as an operator mimes picking up a pile of rocks, the arm would generate a force in response, as if the operator could feel the heaviness of the rocks, confirming that the excavator is indeed picking them up.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
In bodycam footage released by police from the early hours of March 19, 2025, Natland emerges topless from his room and mimes a shooting gesture at a firearms officer before being slammed against a wall.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of mimes

Noun

Rather than using background actors, the film features real Puerto Rican residents, including a local activist and singer.

— Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Buckley’s co-star, Lyndsy Fonseca, and producer Andrew Gernhard also noted that the crew takes care of the actors.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of actors

Noun

Deafheaven broke the mold by introducing blinding light to rock music’s darkest corner, but after wave upon wave of imitators, the only subversion left is to blot out the sun.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
The Dadaists used this gleefully and compulsively (see René Clair and Francis Picabia’s wacky Entr’Acte); so, famously, did Hideo Nakata in Y2K hit The Ring and countless imitators.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

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