POSER
Dictionary entry overview: What does poser mean?
• POSER (noun)
The noun POSER has 3 senses:
1. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
2. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
3. a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Familiarity information: POSER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• POSER (noun)
Meaning:
A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
poser; poseur
Hypernyms ("poser" is a kind of...):
exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poser"):
poseuse (a woman poseur)
Meaning:
A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
poser; model
Context example:
the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
Hypernyms ("poser" is a kind of...):
assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poser"):
artist's model; sitter (a person who poses for a painter or sculptor)
dressmaker's model (someone who models dresses)
photographer's model (a model who poses for photographers)
Meaning:
A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
stumper; toughie; poser; sticker
Hypernyms ("poser" is a kind of...):
problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)
