manikins

Lifeless human forms

Manikins is the plural of manikin, a life-sized model of the human body used for teaching anatomy, fitting clothes, or displaying merchandise.

The spelling manikin emphasizes the word's origin in a Dutch word for "little man," while mannequin (from French) now dominates for store display figures.

Manikin also names a family of small, brightly colored tropical birds.

artistic

model

Representation or paradigm

figure · jointed · artist · reference · pose · sculpture · studio · proportion · anatomy · sketch

retail

display

Presentation for viewing

fashion · boutique · dressmaking · tailor · dummy · form · headless · torso · posed · showcase

medical

anatomical

Of bodily structure

simulation · dummy · torso · nursing · practice · educational · lifelike · patient · simulator · intubation

ornithology

bird

Feathered flying vertebrate

passerine · European · tiny · songbird · warbler · plumage · nest · woodland · insectivore · avian

Categories
Opposites
animacy/lifelikeness

manikinsreal people

human beings · sentient beings · fashion models

modeling context

manikinshuman subjects

People in experiments

authenticity/realness

manikinsgenuine articles

Authentic items, not counterfeits

the real thing · originals

Family

manikin

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G