dummy
adjective
1. having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function
- a dummy corporation
Similar word(s): artificial, unreal
noun
1. a person who does not talk
Definition categories: person, mute
2. an ignorant or foolish person
Similar word(s): boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, pinhead
Definition categories: person, simple, simpleton
3. a figure representing the human form
Definition categories: man–made, figure
4. a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet
Similar word(s): blank
Definition categories: man–made, cartridge
Sentences with dummy as a noun:
- Don't be such a dummy!
- To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
- The baby wants her dummy.
- The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.