poser

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpəʊzər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpoʊzɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pō′zər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pos•er1 /ˈpoʊzɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. one who poses.

pos•er2 /ˈpoʊzɚ/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a person, question, or problem that is hard to understand.
See -pos-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pos•er1  (pō′zər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who poses.
  • pose1 + -er1 1885–90

pos•er2  (pō′zər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a question or problem that is puzzling or confusing.
  • pose2 + -er1 1580–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
poser / ˈpəʊzə/
  1. a person who poses
  2. a person who likes to be seen in trendsetting clothes in fashionable bars, discos, etc
poser / ˈpəʊzə/
  1. a baffling or insoluble question
'poser' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
appose - depose - dispose - entrepôt - expose - impose - oppose - pose - poseur - suppose

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