| 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: | acting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertaining, performing |
Synonyms: |
assuming, characterization, depiction, dramatics, dramatizing, enacting, enactment, feigning, hamming, histrionics, imitating, imitation, impersonation, improvisation, mime, mimicry, pantomime, performance, play acting, playing, portrayal, portraying, posing, posturing, pretending, pretense, putting, rendition, seeming, showing off, simulating, stagecraft, stooging, theatre, theatricals |
| Main Entry: | confound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
abash, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, befog, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discombobulate, discomfit, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, metagrobolize, misidentify, mix, mix up, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up, startle, surprise, throw* |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, make clear, relate |
| Main Entry: | extend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer |
Synonyms: |
accord, advance, allocate, allot, award, bestow, bring forward, confer, donate, give, grant, hold out, impart, place at disposal, pose, present, proffer, put forth, put forward, reach out, stretch out, submit, tender, yield |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain, take back |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, proffer |
Synonyms: |
administer, bestow, confer, dispense, display, evidence, extend, furnish, hold out, indicate, issue, manifest, minister, offer, pose, present, produce, provide, put on, render, return, set forth, show, tender, yield |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
Synonyms: |
attitudinize, dissemble, dissimulate, frolic, impersonate, mask, pass as, pass for, pass off, pose, posture, pretend, revel |
Antonyms: |
reveal, unmask |
| Main Entry: | offer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | present, propose for acceptance |
Synonyms: |
accord, advance, afford, allow, award, be at service, bid, come forward, display, donate, exhibit, extend, furnish, give, grant, hold out, lay at one's feet, make available, move, place at disposal, ply, pose, press, proffer, propound, provide, put forth, put forward, put on the market, put up, put up for sale, sacrifice, show, submit, suggest, tender, volunteer |
Antonyms: |
take, take back, withdraw, withhold |
| Main Entry: | perplex |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, mix up |
Synonyms: |
astonish, astound, baffle, balk, befuddle, beset, bewilder, buffalo, complicate, confound, discombobulate, discompose, dumbfound, encumber, entangle, fog, get to, involve, jumble, muck, muddle, muddy the waters, mystify, nonplus, perturb, pose, puzzle, rattle, ravel, snarl up, stumble, stump, surprise, tangle, thicken, thwart |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |