Synonyms for dummy
ˈdʌm idum·my

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1. dummynoun

   Synonyms:
   mannequin, marionette

2. dummynoun

   A pacifier.

   The baby wants her dummy.

   Synonyms:
   pacifier, soother

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1. dummy, silent personnoun

   a person who does not talk

   Synonyms:
   booby, blank shell, boob, silent person, dope, pinhead, blank, dumbbell

   Antonyms:
   natural

2. dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinheadnoun

   an ignorant or foolish person

   Synonyms:
   the skinny, smoke, gage, blank, boob, green goddess, weed, dope, breast, sess, knocker, skunk, silent person, booby, dumbbell, cola, pinhead, locoweed, bosom, low-down, blank shell, titty, grass, pot, sens, tit, poop

   Antonyms:
   natural

3. dummynoun

   a figure representing the human form

   Synonyms:
   booby, blank shell, boob, silent person, dope, pinhead, blank, dumbbell

   Antonyms:
   natural

4. blank, dummy, blank shelladjective

   a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet

   Synonyms:
   silent person, blank shell, boob, booby, dope, space, pinhead, blank, lacuna, dumbbell

   Antonyms:
   natural

5. dummyverb

   having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function

   "a dummy corporation"

   Antonyms:
   natural

6. dummy, dummy upverb

   make a dummy of

   "dummy up the books that are to be published"

   Synonyms:
   be quiet, close up, clam up, belt up, keep mum, shut up, dummy up, button up

   Antonyms:
   natural

Matched Categories

1. • Figure
   • Make
   • Mute
   • Simpleton

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1. dummynoun

   Synonyms:
   mute, dumb person

2. dummynoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] dumb-waiter

3. dummynoun

   Synonyms:
   fourth hand (when only three persons play at whist)

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1. List of paraphrases for "dummy":

   manikin, mannequin, fictitious, nominal, supermodel, puppet, idiot, dichotomous, fictional, fictive, false, moron, beta, fool, stupid, doll, auxiliary, model, jerk, jackass

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1. Helen Maroulis:

   My mom didn’t want to make him quit for that season, so she just told me to take my shoes off and jump in there. Be a dummy.

2. Perry Brass:

   The Egyptians had a particularly nasty way of getting rid of people they felt had no consequence. Instead of embalming them, they simply constructed a fake mummy made from old strips of linen wrapped around a dummy of mud. If, in our modern world, you feel that there are a lot of “mud mummies” around you, get rid of the mud.

3. Syd Richardson:

   A lot of times I do have dummy orange or bright pink guns, rehearsal guns, no mistake on that.

4. Gutierrez Reed attorneys:

   We don’t know, however, whether that live round came from that box, we’re assuming it did. We’re assuming somebody put that live round in that box, which, if you think about that, the person who put the live round in the box of dummy rounds had to have the purpose of sabotaging the set. There’s no other reason you would do that. That you would mix that live round with the dummy rounds.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   General sentiment in the entire market across world is that Indian stock market days are OVER and soon all those involved as employees with any firms associated in any form with stock market will be unemployed as soon brokerage firms, AMCs and franchisees will be closed down their firms as prices falling every day by 5-10%. Investors are seeing 1 day rise dummy since 1 and half years. Huge unemployment all over in capital market