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| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made public |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bare, caught, clear, discovered, evident, exhibited, manifest, naked, open, shown, stripped, unconcealed, uncovered, unprotected, unsheltered, visible, bared, brought to light, debunked, defined, denuded, disclosed, divulged, dug up, for show, found out, laid bare, made manifest, on display, on the spot, on view, peeled, resolved, revealed, solved, unhidden, unmasked, unsealed, unveiled |
| Antonyms: | concealed, guarded, private, protected, secret |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | accessible, liable, open, prone, sensitive, subject, susceptible, threatened, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable, in peril, laid bare, laid open, left open, menaced |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, sheltered, shielded |
| 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: | accessible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approachable; ready for use |
| Synonyms: | attainable, available, door's always open, employable, exposed, getatable, handy, near, obtainable, open, operative, possible, practicable, public, reachable, susceptible, unrestricted, usable |
| Antonyms: | inaccessible, limited, restricted |
| Main Entry: | dangerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazardous, troubling |
| Synonyms: | alarming, bad, breakneck*, chancy, critical, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny*, threatening, ticklish*, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked, dangersome, jeopardous, on collision course, parlous |
| Antonyms: | careful, guarded, safe, secure, untroubled, unhazardous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, weak, hands tied, in line of fire, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, on the line, on the spot, out on limb, pigeon*, up the creek, wide open |
| Antonyms: | powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupted, violated |
| Synonyms: | common, dirty, exposed, impure, tainted, unclean, besmirched, cooked, desecrated, dishonored, mucked up, polluted, profaned, ravished, spoilt, trashed, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | clean, hallowed, honorable, pure, sanctified, cleansed, purified |
| Main Entry: | helpless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapable, incompetent; vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel*, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, unable, unfit, unprotected, weak, basket-case, handcuffed, pinned, tapped, tapped out, up creek without paddle, with hands tied |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without clothes, covering |
| Synonyms: | au naturel*, bald, bare, bare-skinned, buck naked, dishabille*, disrobed, exposed, garmentless, in birthday suit, in one's skin, in the altogether, naked, peeled, raw, skin, stark, stark-naked, stripped, unattired, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, wearing only a smile, without a stitch |
| Antonyms: | clothed, covered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obvious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apparent, understandable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, barefaced, bright, clear, conclusive, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, exposed, glaring, indisputable, lucid, manifest, noticeable, observable, open, overt, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, plain, precise, prominent, pronounced, public, self-evident, self-explanatory, straightforward, transparent, unconcealed, undeniable, unmistakable, visible, clear as a bell, distinguishable, in evidence, recognizable, standing out, undisguised, unsubtle |
| Notes: | oblivious means lacking all memory or lacking active conscious awareness or knowledge, while obvious means easily perceived or understood |
| Antonyms: | ambiguous, indefinite, obscure, unclear, vague |
| Main Entry: | out of the closet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed |
| Synonyms: | candid, exposed, open, out, uncovered, brought to light, disclosed, divulged, open and aboveboard, open to view, out in the open, out into the open, revealed, unveiled |
| Main Entry: | perilous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | chancy, delicate, dicey*, dynamite, exposed, hairy*, hazardous, insecure, loaded, precarious, risky, rugged, shaky, threatening, ticklish, touchy, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vulnerable, wicked*, Russian roulette, on thin ice, playing with fire, touch and go |
| Antonyms: | safe, secure, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
| Synonyms: | accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub*, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | master |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unarmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disarmed |
| Synonyms: | exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable, hands tied, like a sitting duck, unshielded, weaponless, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unprotected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defenseless |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, out on a limb*, powerless, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, vulnerable, weak, in the line of fire, like a sitting duck, pregnable, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vulnerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to attack |
| Synonyms: | accessible, assailable, defenseless, exposed, liable, naked, out on a limb*, ready, sensitive, sitting duck*, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned*, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, weak, on the line, on the spot, wide open |
| Antonyms: | closed, guarded, protected, safe, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assailable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to attack |
| Synonyms: | defenseless, exposed, vulnerable, weak, conquerable, in danger, undefendable |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, secure |
| Main Entry: | discovered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | found |
| Synonyms: | exposed, famous, learned, observed, opened, originated, perceived, presented, real, recognized, shown, sighted, spotted, unlocked, well-known, ascertained, detected, disclosed, disinterred, espied, explored, happened upon, identified, invented, revealed, searched out, unearthed, unveiled |
| Antonyms: | hidden, lost, unfound |
| Main Entry: | at risk |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in danger |
| Synonyms: | endangered, exposed, susceptible, threatened, vulnerable, at hazard, imperiled, in jeopardy, in peril, jeopardized |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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