dummy

1. 1.

   make a dummy of

   “dummy up the books that are to be published”

   Synonymsdummy up

   Broaderproduce

1. 1.

   having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function

   “a dummy corporation”

   Similarartificial

Other forms of dummy

plural

dummies·

past tense or participle

dummied

present participle

dummying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dummy

What does dummy mean?

dummy means "a person who does not talk". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dummy?

dummy has 2 syllables: dum-my. The stress falls on "dum". In IPA it is /ˈdʌmi/.

What is another word for dummy?

Close synonyms include silent person, dumbbell, dope, boob, booby. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dummy a common word?

dummy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.