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expose - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | exposé |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disclosure |
| Synonyms: | betrayal, confession, construction, exegesis, explanation, exposition, exposure, interpretation, revelation, truth, divulgence, explication, exposal, uncovering |
| Antonyms: | secret, silence |
| 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
| Main Entry: | expose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subject to danger |
| Synonyms: | endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, lay open*, leave open, make liable, make vulnerable, peril, put in harm's way, risk |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save, shield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accusation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge of wrongdoing, fault |
| Synonyms: | allegation, arraignment, beef*, blast*, bum rap*, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, imputation, indictment, insinuation, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk*, stink*, attribution, impeachment, incrimination, recrimination |
| Antonyms: | praise, exculpation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, publish, show, uncover, unroll, unveil |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | cloak, hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | brandish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaunt, swing around |
| Synonyms: | display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, gesture, parade, raise, shake, show, show off, sport, swing, threaten, trot out*, warn, wield, come on strong, throw weight around |
| Antonyms: | not show |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
| Synonyms: | bring to light, emphasize, expose, highlight, introduce, publish, utter |
| Main Entry: | confession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance of information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosure, enumeration, exposé, exposure, narration, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revelation, song*, squawk*, squeal*, statement, story, telling, utterance, assenting, disclosing, divulgence, making public, owning up, revealing, unbosoming |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, denial, secret, disavowal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, refute |
| Synonyms: | break, confound, contradict, controvert, defeat, demolish, dismay, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, oppugn, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, put down, rebut, shut up, silence, subvert, tap, upset, vanquish, blow sky high, bring to naught, knocks props out from under, prove false, prove wrong, set aside |
| Antonyms: | affirm, attest, confirm, endorse, prove, verify |
| Main Entry: | debunk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove, ridicule |
| Synonyms: | deflate, discover, disparage, expose, lampoon, mock, puncture, show up*, unmask, cut down to size, demystify, uncloak, unshroud |
| Antonyms: | prove, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
| Synonyms: | accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat*, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, charge with, denunciate, hang something on, inveigh against, take to task |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strip |
| Synonyms: | bare, disrobe, expose, fleece, peel, uncover, undress, lay bare |
| Main Entry: | detect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, catch, descry, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, identify, meet, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, spot, turn up, uncover, unmask, dig up, hit on*, hit upon, meet with, nose out*, smell out, smoke out, stumble on, track down, tumble into, wise up to |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook, pass by, not see |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discovery |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, disclosure, exposé, exposure, find, revelation, strike, espial, ferreting out, tracking down, uncovering, unearthing, unmasking |
| Antonyms: | failure, miss, mistake |
| Main Entry: | disclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, make public |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light*, broadcast, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, leak, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch*, spill, spill the beans*, squeal*, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter, come out of the closet, lay bare, let slip, make known |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, revelation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, enlightenment, exposé, exposure, handout, leak, make, picture, publication, rundown, snitch*, squeal*, tip*, ventilation, blow-by-blow, divulgation, divulgence, exposal, impartance, impartation, revealing, revealment, tip-off, uncovering, unveilment |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | disprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove false |
| Synonyms: | belie, blow up*, break, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, discredit, explode, expose, impugn, invalidate, negate, negative, overthrow, overturn, puncture, rebut, refute, shoot, tear down*, throw out, traverse, weaken, blow sky high, disconfirm, find unfounded, knock bottom out of, knock props out, poke holes in, set aside, shoot holes in |
| Antonyms: | credit, prove, validate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; confess |
| Synonyms: | admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle*, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, give away, gossip, impart, leak, mouth, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans*, spring, tattle, tell, uncover, cough up, fess up, go public, let hair down, let slip, open up, own up, tip off |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, keep, secrete |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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