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| Main Entry: | advertise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo*, beat the drum for*, bill, blazon, boost*, build up, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum*, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, hard sell, herald, hype*, inform, notify, pitch, plug, press agent*, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff*, push, reveal, show, soft sell, splash*, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask, circularize, get on soapbox for, make a pitch, make known, put on the map |
| Antonyms: | hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commercialize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare for saleability |
| Synonyms: | advertise, cheapen, degrade, depreciate, lessen, lower, market, sell, develop as business, make bring returns, make marketable, make pay, make profitable, make saleable |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
| Synonyms: | advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand*, illustrate, impart, lay out, manifest, model, open, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, show off, sport, trot out*, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp, bring to view, lay bare, make clear, make known, open out, set out, showcase, spread out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disseminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute, scatter |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, blaze, blazon, broadcast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disperse, dissipate, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, sow, spread, strew, annunciate, disject |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | exhibit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on view; present |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, evidence, evince, expose, express, feature, flash, flaunt, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, offer, parade, proclaim, reveal, show, show and tell*, show off, trot out*, let it all hang out, make clear, make plain, ostend, parade wares, roll out, showcase, strut stuff, wave around |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prominence to |
| Synonyms: | accentuate, advertise, blaze*, emphasize, headline*, mark, play up*, present, promote, spotlight*, star, stress, underline, underscore, call attention to, italicize, make conspicuous, point up*, set off* |
| Notes: | the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flaunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an exhibition, show off |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, flash, flourish, grandstand*, parade, proclaim, put on an act*, reveal, show and tell, sport, streak, trot out*, vaunt, fan it, flash about, gasconade, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, roll out, showcase, smack with, spring on, throw weight around, wave around, whip out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring message |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, ballyhoo*, broadcast, declare, harbinger, indicate, portend, precede, presage, proclaim, promise, publicize, publish, show, tout, trumpet*, forerun, foretoken, pave the way, preindicate, usher in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | market |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | package and sell goods |
| Synonyms: | advertise, barter, display, exchange, merchandise, retail, vend, wholesale, offer for sale |
| Antonyms: | buy |
| Main Entry: | merchandise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sell goods |
| Synonyms: | advertise, distribute, market, promote, publicize, retail, trade, vend, wholesale, buy and sell, deal in, do business in, traffic in |
| Antonyms: | buy |
| Main Entry: | parade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off; march |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, boast, brag, brandish, declare, demonstrate, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, prance, proclaim, publish, reveal, sport, strut, swagger, trot out*, vaunt, march in review |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promulgate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known |
| Synonyms: | advertise, announce, broadcast, call, circulate, communicate, declare, decree, disseminate, drum, issue, notify, proclaim, promote, publish, sound, spread, toot, trumpet, annunciate, make public, pass the word |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | publicize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make widely known; promote |
| Synonyms: | advance, advertise, announce, bill, boost*, broadcast, build up*, cry, drum*, extol, hard sell, headline, hype*, immortalize, pitch, play up*, plug*, promulgate, puff*, push, splash, spot*, spotlight*, spread, tout, trumpet*, billboard, make a pitch for, press-agent, propagandize, put on the map, skywrite, soft-sell, write up |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaunt; brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, boast, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash*, parade, swagger, trot out*, hand a line, make a spectacle of, spread out |
| Antonyms: | cower, be modest, shy away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ventilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | air out; make known |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, bring up, broach, broadcast, circulate, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, examine, express, free, give, go into, introduce, moot, publish, put, scrutinize, sift, state, take up, vent, verbalize, bring into the open, talk about, talk of, talk over, thresh out |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
| Synonyms: | advertise, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum*, impart, intimate, issue, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, state, tell, trumpet, annunciate, give out, make known, make public, pass the word, propound, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand*, hug oneself, jive*, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff*, shoot*, shovel*, show off, showboat, shuck*, sling*, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor* |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | further, improve |
| Synonyms: | advance, advertise, assist, encourage, foster, inspire, plug, praise, promote, push, support, sustain |
| Antonyms: | discourage, halt, hinder, hurt, prevent, undermine |
| Main Entry: | communicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give or exchange information, ideas |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advertise, advise, announce, betray, break, broadcast, carry, connect, contact, convey, correspond, declare, disclose, discover, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, get across, hint, impart, imply, inform, interact, let on, network*, proclaim, publicize, publish, raise, relate, report, reveal, signify, spread, state, suggest, tell, touch base*, transfer, transmit, unfold, write, be in touch, get through, interface, keep in touch, let out, make known, pass on, phone, reach out, ring up |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, cover, keep, suppress, withhold, keep quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | advertise, air, bare, betray, brandish, bring to light*, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, disclose, display, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, give away, leak, manifest, open, parade, present, prove, publish, report, show, show off, spill, streak, trot out*, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask, unveil, dig up, lay bare, lay open*, let cat out of bag, let out*, make known, open to view, put on view, smoke out, tip off, unclothe, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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