| NOUN | person | dummy, silent person | a person who does not talk |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | dummy, dumbbell, dope, boob, booby, pinhead | an ignorant or foolish person | |
| artifact | dummy | a figure representing the human form | |
| artifact | dummy, blank, blank shell | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | dummy | having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function |
| VERB | creation | dummy, dummy up | make a dummy of |
| Sounds | dah'miy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | academy ... yummy: 83 rhymes with miy... | |
| Meaning | Having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a dummy corporation" | |
| Broader | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
| Spanish | falso, postizo | |
| Meaning | A person who does not talk. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | silent person | |
| Broader | mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person | A deaf person who is unable to speak |
| Meaning | An ignorant or foolish person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dumbbell, dope, boob, booby, pinhead | |
| Broader | simpleton, simple | A person lacking intelligence or common sense |
| Spanish | bobalicón, bobo, memo, palurdo, tarugo, tonto, zoquete | |
| Catalan | babau, beneit, enze, estaquirot, gamarús, pallús, tanoca, tòtil, totxo | |
| Meaning | A figure representing the human form. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | lay figure | dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body |
| mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form | A life-size dummy used to display clothes | |
| ventriloquist's dummy | A wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice | |
| Broader | figure | A model of a bodily form (especially of a person) |
| Meaning | A cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | blank, blank shell | |
| Broader | cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet |
| Meaning | make a dummy of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "dummy up the books that are to be published" | |
| Synonym | dummy up | |
| Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
| Spanish | hacer un borrador, maquetar | |
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