noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pəʊˈzʊə(ɹ)/
/pəʊˈzɜː(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:P OW1 Z ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:P OW2 Z ER1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.
She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she's such a poseur.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: poser, attitudinizer
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: poser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exhibitionist, show-off
Narrower terms: poseuse
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French poseur.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
позьор
(pozjor)
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Dutch:
aansteller
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
French:
poseur
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
French:
poseuse
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
French:
crâneur
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
French:
crâneuse
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Angeber
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Angeberin
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Poser
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Poserin
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Poseur
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Poseurin
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Selbstdarsteller
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Möchtegern
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
German:
Effekthascher
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Norwegian:
posør
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Polish:
pozer
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Polish:
pozerka
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Russian:
позёр
(pozjór)
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Russian:
позёрка
(pozjórka)
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
postureador
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
postureadora
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
posturero
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
impostor
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
posero
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
póser
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Spanish:
purapinta
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Swedish:
posör
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
Turkish:
pozör
— one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
