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poses

NOUN

artificial position

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mannerism mien posture

STRONG

act affectation air attitude attitudinizing bearing carriage facade fake front guise masquerade posturing pretense pretension role stance stand

WEAK

false show positure

Antonyms

STRONG

honesty reality truth

WEAK

movement

VERB

sit, stand in place

Synonyms

STRONG

arrange model peacock poise position posture strut

WEAK

sit for strike a pose

Antonyms

WEAK

be genuine go move withhold

VERB

pretend, fake

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affect

STRONG

act attitudinize feign grandstand impersonate masquerade peacock playact posture profess purport sham

WEAK

make believe make out like pass off put on airs put up a front show off strike an attitude take off as

Antonyms

WEAK

be genuine go move withhold

VERB

offer, put forward idea

Synonyms

STRONGEST

give present suggest

STRONG

advance ask extend posit prefer proffer propose proposition propound put query question set state submit tender

WEAK

hold out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

refrain take withhold

STRONG

answer decrease discourage displace dissuade halt reject remove reply take back

WEAK

be genuine go move

Example Sentences

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Despite the danger it poses, many infected animals never become ill.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

A weakness in a smaller vendor or a widely used open-source software component still poses a direct risk to the larger enterprises that depend on them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Higher inflation also poses a challenge for Kevin Warsh, the new governor of the Fed, ahead of his first interest rate decision in charge of the central bank next week.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"The ship is on the navigation route of other vessels and poses a serious risk in terms of maritime and vessel safety," Polat told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

This in conjunction with the development of lightweight hollow-bronze casting enabled the Greeks to experiment with daring poses in monumental sculpture before attempting them in marble.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson