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. Syd Richardson:

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

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. Don Rickles:

   Hey dummy, this floozy your latest thing? You can do better than her, cause I’ve seen better legs on Sonny Liston.

4. The Australian:

   The Council considers that the cartoon uses exaggeration and absurdity to make its point, but accepts the publisher's claim that it does not depict Ms. Williams as an ape, rather showing her as 'spitting the dummy'.

5. Jason Bowles:

   We know a couple of facts. We know there was a live round in a box of dummy rounds that shouldn’t have been there. At least one round. We have people who walked off set because they were disgruntled. We have a timeline of approximately 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. that day in which the firearms at that time were unattended, so there was opportunity to tamper with this scene and yes, we’re looking at that possibility.