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

Less than a week before production started, Bonilla lost the actors who were originally playing Principal Brady and Abigail.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Dumont worked with a cast of non-professional actors, adopting a documentary-like approach to the film, shot against the cliffs and open waters of the Mediterranean.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of actors

Noun

Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
An exemplary script and dashes of stylish direction set this ’90s favorite apart from myriad Tarantino imitators.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

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