| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artificial position |
Synonyms: |
act, affectation, air, attitude, attitudinizing, bearing, carriage, facade, fake, false show, front, guise, mannerism, masquerade, mien, positure, posture, posturing, pretense, pretension, role, stance, stand |
Antonyms: |
movement |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit, stand in place |
Synonyms: |
arrange, model, peacock, poise, position, posture, sit for, strike a pose, strut |
Antonyms: |
go, move |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, fake |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand, impersonate, make believe, make out like, masquerade, pass off, peacock, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs, put up a front, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude, take off as |
Antonyms: |
be genuine |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer, put forward idea |
Synonyms: |
advance, ask, extend, give, hold out, posit, prefer, present, proffer, propose, proposition, propound, put, query, question, set, state, submit, suggest, tender |
Antonyms: |
withhold |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior |
Synonyms: |
affectation, attitude, bit*, chaser, dissimilation, fake, false front, feigning, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, put-on, sham, show, shuck and jive, simulation, soft soap, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | affectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior to make an impression |
Synonyms: |
air, airs, appearance, artificiality, facade, false front, front, going Hollywood, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs, sham*, show, showing off, simulation |
Antonyms: |
naturalness, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive quality or character; style |
Synonyms: |
address, affectation, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, comportment, demeanor, deportment, effect, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mood, pose, presence, property, quality, semblance, tone |
| Main Entry: | airs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affectation; pretended behavior |
Synonyms: |
affectedness, arrogance, false front, front, haughtiness, hauteur, mannerism, ostentation, pomposity, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, show, superciliousness |
Antonyms: |
personality, realness, truthfulness |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outward aspect, characteristic |
Synonyms: |
air, attitude, bearing, blind, carriage, cast, character, condition, countenance, demeanor, dress, expression, face, fashion, feature, figure, form, front, guise, image, look, looks, manner, mannerism, mien, mode, outline, pose, presence, presentation, screen, semblance, shape, stamp |
| Main Entry: | attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stance |
Synonyms: |
aspect, bearing, carriage, manner, mien, pose, position, posture, stand |