poser

noun

Definition of posernext
as in mime
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 poser Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Newsom became, by his own definition, a poser. — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026 This means not undershooting to the point of looking passive and not overshooting to the point of looking like a poser. — Gorick Ng, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026 Portman plays a desperate, well, gallerist looking to offload a corpse as art during Miami’s annual poser-heavy Art Basel conference. — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for poser
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  1. mime
  2. actor
Noun
  • Lyons uses her extraordinary physicality — slipping between a range of accents, mime, and endless amount of gestures to hold together a piece that could easily fall apart.
    — Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of mime
Noun
  • The Lighthouse actor will also wear a watch from the same brand in The Batman Part II.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Born in Coatzacoalcos, in southern Mexico, the actor found her feet in her early 20s, in soap operas Un Nuevo Amanecer and Teresa, winning fans and a spate of awards.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of actor

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“Poser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poser. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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