Posing — synonyms, definition

1. posing (Noun)

1 synonym

sitting

1 definition

posing (Noun) — (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait). ex. "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the posing"

4 types of

motility motion move movement

2. posing (Verb)

32 synonyms

baffling beating bedeviling befuddling bewildering confounding confusing discombobulating dumbfounding flummoxing foxing fuddling getting graveling impersonating laying modeling mystifying nonplussing perplexing • • •

6 definitions

posing (Verb) — (of a question, problem, etc) ask, set or introduce. ex. "This poses an interesting question"

posing (Verb) — (art) assume a posture as for artistic purposes. ex. "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

posing (Verb) — Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. ex. "She posed as the Czar's daughter"

posing (Verb) — Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others. ex. "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"

posing (Verb) — Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location. ex. "pose your things here"

posing (Verb) — Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.

20 types of

acquitting bearing behaving being betraying carrying comporting comprising conducting constituting deceiving deporting displacing displaying exhibiting exposing leading astray making up moving representing

109 types

apposing arranging attitudinising attitudinizing barreling bedding bottling bucketing butting clapping cocking coffining cramming demoralising demoralizing depositing disorientating disorienting disposing docketing • • •

2 see also

posed unposed