posture

posture is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
2. noun. Place; position; situation.
3. noun. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
4. transitive verb. To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model.
5. intransitive verb. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
6. intransitive verb. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
7. noun. characteristic way of bearing one's body

   "stood with good posture"

   Synonyms: bearing, carriage

8. noun. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

   "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

   Synonyms: attitude, position

9. noun. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

   "we faced an army of great strength"

   "politicians have neglected our military posture"

   Synonyms: strength

10. noun. a rationalized mental attitude

    Synonyms: position, stance

11. verb. assume a posture as for artistic purposes

    "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

    Synonyms: model, pose, sit

12. verb. behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

    "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"

    "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

    Synonyms: pose

Synonyms

bearing, carriage, attitude, position, strength, stance, model, pose, sit

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in posture:

etropus, petrous, pouters, proetus, proteus, septuor, spouter, troupes

Common word forms

postured, posturer, postures, posturing

Words from these letters

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