Poser — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈoʊzɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈəʊzə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈəʊzə/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈoʊzɚ/.

Examples

the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

poseur toughie sticker model stumper

Parts of Speech

noun	a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
noun	a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor “the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos”
noun	a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

Word Forms

pose	verb	pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
model	verb	assume a posture as for artistic purposes
stump	verb	cause to be perplexed or confounded

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

poseur

une personne qui prétend habituellement être quelque chose qu'elle n'est pas

🇪🇸Spanish

pregunta difícil

Persona que habitualmente finge ser algo que no es.

🇳🇱Dutch

moeilijke vraag

iemand die zich gewoonlijk voordoet als iets wat hij niet is

🇷🇺Russian

позер

человек, который привычно притворяется тем, кем он не является

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पहेली

एक व्यक्ति जो आदतन कुछ ऐसा होने का दिखावा करता है जो वह नहीं है

🇧🇩Bengali

পোজার

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি অভ্যাসগতভাবে এমন কিছু হওয়ার ভান করেন যা তিনি নন

🇮🇳Tamil

காட்டிக் கொடுப்பவர்

ஒரு நபர் வழக்கமாக தான் இல்லாத ஒன்றைப் போல நடிக்கிறார்

🇮🇳Telugu

పోజర్

అలవాటుగా తాను కాదన్నట్లుగా నటించే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

पोझर

एखादी व्यक्ती जी सवयीप्रमाणे काहीतरी नसल्याची बतावणी करते

🇮🇳Gujarati

દંભ

એવી વ્યક્તિ કે જે આદત રીતે કંઈક એવું હોવાનો ડોળ કરે છે જે તે નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೋಸರ್

ತಾನು ಅಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಅಭ್ಯಾಸವಾಗಿ ನಟಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പോസ്സർ

താൻ അല്ലാത്തതായി നടിക്കുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੋਜ਼ਰ

ਉਹ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਆਦਤਨ ਕੁਝ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਉਹ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پوزر

وہ شخص جو عادتاً کچھ ایسا ہونے کا دکھاوا کرتا ہے جو وہ نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

装腔作势

一个习惯于假装自己不是的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ポーザー

習慣的に自分ではないもののふりをする人

🇰🇷Korean

잘난 척하는 사람

습관적으로 자신이 아닌 척하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người tạo dáng

một người có thói quen giả vờ là một cái gì đó không phải là anh ta

🇹🇭Thai

ปัญหาที่ตอบยาก

คนที่แสร้งทำเป็นว่าเป็นสิ่งที่เขาไม่ได้เป็นนิสัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

masalah sulit

seseorang yang biasanya berpura-pura menjadi sesuatu yang bukan dirinya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متصنع

الشخص الذي يتظاهر عادة بأنه شيء ليس هو

🇮🇷Persian

پوزر

شخصی که عادت دارد وانمود کند چیزی است که نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

sahtekar

alışkanlıkla olmadığı bir şeymiş gibi davranan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוּשׁיָה

אדם שבדרך כלל מעמיד פנים שהוא משהו שהוא לא

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