What is another word for posing?
277 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pˈə͡ʊzɪŋ], [ pˈəʊzɪŋ], [ p_ˈəʊ_z_ɪ_ŋ]
There are several synonyms for the word "posing" that can be used depending on the context in which it is being used. Some of these synonyms include exhibiting, showing, displaying, presenting, flaunting, revealing, demonstrating, and manifesting, among others. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation and can be used to express different aspects of the act of posing. For example, exhibiting or showing might indicate a more intentional display, while manifesting or revealing might imply a more natural or unintentional act of displaying. Ultimately, the choice of which synonym to use will depend on the writer's intended meaning and the context in which it is being used.
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Synonyms for Posing:
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adj.
• pretentious- Impersonating ,
- Masquerading ,
- affected ,
- artificial ,
- bogus ,
- counterfeit ,
- deceitful ,
- ersatz ,
- facade ,
- fake ,
- false ,
- forced ,
- forged ,
- fraudulent ,
- histrionic ,
- imitation ,
- imposture ,
- la-di-da ,
- mannered ,
- mock ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- pretentious ,
- showy ,
- stagy ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- studied ,
- synthetic ,
- theatrical ,
- unnatural .
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n.
• act • acting- Imitating ,
- Theatricals ,
- characterizations ,
- hamming ,
- pantomimes ,
- playings ,
- posturings ,
- seemings ,
- stagecraft ,
- stooging .
- dis play ,
- dis plays ,
- dis simulation ,
- dis simulations ,
- dis-play ,
- dis-plays ,
- dis-simulation ,
- dis-simulations ,
- dissimulations ,
- doubledealing ,
- dumb acts ,
- fakeries ,
- fakings ,
- in sincerities ,
- in sincerity ,
- in-sincerities ,
- in-sincerity ,
- makebelieve ,
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis statement ,
- mis statements ,
- mis-representation ,
- mis-statements ,
- pre tense ,
- pre tenses ,
- pre text ,
- pre texts ,
- pre-tense ,
- pre-tenses ,
- pre-text ,
- pre-texts ,
- schticks .
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v.
• pretending Other relevant words:
- Acquainting ,
- Adapting ,
- Adjusting ,
- Aiming ,
- Aping ,
- Attitudinarianism ,
- Basing ,
- Committing ,
- Complicating ,
- Congealing ,
- Couching ,
- Delivering ,
- Depositing ,
- Displaying ,
- Dissemblance ,
- Docketing ,
- Enacting ,
- Ensconcing ,
- Estimating ,
- Exhibiting ,
- Fructifying ,
- Gifting ,
- Humbuggery ,
- Interspersing ,
- Introducing ,
- Localizing ,
- Mimicking ,
- Nonplussing ,
- Patterning ,
- Personating ,
- Personifying ,
- Placing ,
- Poising ,
- Positing ,
- Preferring ,
- Preparing ,
- Presenting ,
- Reposing ,
- Saluting ,
- Simulating ,
- Specifying ,
- Suggesting ,
- acting ,
- affectation ,
- airing ,
- airs ,
- amazing ,
- appearance ,
- arranging ,
- assembly ,
- assigning ,
- attach to ,
- attitudinizing ,
- awarding ,
- baffling ,
- bear ,
- behave ,
- bewildering ,
- bluff ,
- bring down ,
- carry ,
- carry out ,
- characterization ,
- cheating ,
- color ,
- coloring ,
- colouring ,
- comport ,
- conduct ,
- conference ,
- confronting ,
- constitute ,
- deceive ,
- deception ,
- delusion ,
- demoing ,
- demonstrating ,
- deport ,
- determining ,
- directing ,
- disguise ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulation ,
- dressing ,
- dumb show ,
- dumbfounding ,
- embarrassing ,
- embodiment ,
- enactment ,
- face ,
- facing ,
- fakery ,
- false front ,
- false show ,
- falsity ,
- feigning ,
- feint ,
- fixing ,
- four-flushing ,
- framing ,
- fraud ,
- front ,
- gilt ,
- gloss ,
- grading ,
- humbug ,
- identifying ,
- impersonation ,
- incarnation ,
- installing ,
- investing ,
- jelling ,
- lay ,
- lay down ,
- localising ,
- locating ,
- marking ,
- masquerade ,
- meeting ,
- meretriciousness ,
- mimesis ,
- mimicry ,
- miming ,
- modeling ,
- modelling ,
- molding ,
- motion ,
- moulding ,
- movement ,
- mystifying ,
- ordering ,
- ostentation ,
- pantomime ,
- pantomiming ,
- parallelizing ,
- peacockery ,
- performance ,
- performing ,
- perplexing ,
- personation ,
- personification ,
- planting ,
- playacting ,
- playing ,
- pointing ,
- portrayal ,
- portraying ,
- pose ,
- posit ,
- positioning ,
- posture ,
- posturing ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- pretentiousness ,
- pretext ,
- puzzling ,
- rating ,
- readying ,
- reenacting ,
- representation ,
- rigging ,
- seance ,
- seating ,
- seeming ,
- semblance ,
- session ,
- sham ,
- show ,
- simulacrum ,
- simulation ,
- sitting ,
- speciousness ,
- stupefying ,
- targeting ,
- varnish ,
- vexing ,
- window dressing .
How to use "Posing" in context?
It can be hard to know where to start when it comes to posing for photography. Do you want to look posed or natural? Is it better to be stiff or relaxed? These are all tough questions to answer, and you'll definitely have your own preferences. However, it's worth considering some basics when it comes to posing for photos.
Some things to keep in mind when posing for photos are the purpose of the photo, the mood you're trying to create, and the style of photography you choose. These things can help you to find the right pose for the photo, and make it look more natural.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
acting, adducing, advancing, agreeing, appearing, arguing, arriving, ask, asking, asserting, assuming, bearing, becoming, being, believing, betting, building, calling, coming, composing, confronting, contributing, conveying, damaging, depicting, designing, detailing, devising, directing, dropping, emerging, emphasizing, encompassing, erecting, existing, facing, filing, filling, forging, fostering, founding, framing, gambling, giving, hence, highlighting, identifying, imposing, incurring, installing, issuing, landing, laying, leading, listing, lodging, looking, making, marking, meaning, moving, naming, orienting, passing, performing, pinning, pitting, planting, portraying, posting, pretending, proceeding, projecting, prompting, pushing, putting, questioning, reflecting, rendering, representative, resulting, rotating, running, seeking, setting, shaping, shifting, showing, spend, spending, standing, suffering, supplying, surrounding, switching, taking, transmitting, voting, weighing, where, wounding, yielding, Addressing, Adjourning, Advocating, Affixing, Affording, Amounting, Appointing, Arising, Arousing, Articulating, Attaching, Channelling, Claiming, Delineating, Delivering, Describing, Discussing, Displaying, Doing, Elaborating, Emanating, Embodying, Entailing, Establishing, Exerting, Exhibiting, Experiencing, Explaining, Exposing, Expressing, Fanning, Fielding, Fleshing, Forming, Formulating, Generating, Having, Illustrating, Implying, Incorporating, Indicating, Inflicting, Initiating, Inserting, Inspecting, Introducing, Involving, Lifting, Occurring, Outlining, Perching, Placing, Requiring, Resembling, Resting, Tabling, Underpinning, Waiving, Totalling, profiling, Comprising, Considering, Consisting, Constituting, Containing, Contemplating, Creating, Possessing, Presenting, Proposing, Providing, Stating, Subjecting, Submitting, Suggesting, Supposing, Suspecting, documenting, itemizing, summarizing, demonstrating, representing, constitutes, creates, featuring, sponsoring, harbouring, killing, comprizing.
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
bringing, causing, leaving, offering, raising, Masquerading, Nominating, showcasing.
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home and dry
- Synonyms:
- certain.
