pose

1. 1.

   affected manners intended to impress others

   “don't put on airs with me”

   Synonymsairs

   Broaderaffectedness
2. 2.

   a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

   Broaderposition
3. 3.

   a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

   Synonymsaffectationmannerismaffectedness

   Broaderpretense

   Narrowerattituderadical chic

Other forms of pose

plural

poses·

past tense

posed·

present participle

posing·

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 pose

What does pose mean?

pose means "introduce". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pose?

pose has 1 syllable: pose. In IPA it is /ˈpoʊz/.

What is another word for pose?

Close synonyms include present, model, sit, posture, impersonate. 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 pose a common word?

pose 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.

What rhymes with pose?

13 words rhyme with pose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.