dummy

dummy is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.
2. adjective. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.
3. noun. One who is dumb.
4. noun. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.
5. noun. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.
6. noun. One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.
7. noun. A thick-witted person; a dolt.
8. noun. A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.
9. noun. The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
10. noun. A floating barge connected with a pier.
11. noun. a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

    Synonyms: blank

12. noun. a figure representing the human form
13. noun. an ignorant or foolish person

    Synonyms: boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, pinhead

14. noun. a person who does not talk
15. verb. make a dummy of

    "dummy up the books that are to be published"

16. adjective. having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function

    "a dummy corporation"

Synonyms

blank, boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, pinhead

Common word forms

dummied, dummies, dummying

Words from these letters

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