poser
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- personate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
Types & categories
- helper hypernym
- artist's model hyponym
- dressmaker's model hyponym
- photographer's model hyponym
Related & opposite
- pose derivation
Sense 3 noun
a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Types & categories
- problem hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | personate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | show-off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poseuse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pose |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | helper |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | artist's model |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dressmaker's model |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | photographer's model |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stump |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | baffle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | problem |