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exposes - 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: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confess, acknowledge |
| Synonyms: | accept, accord, acquiesce, adopt, affirm, agree, allow, approve, avow, bare, bring to light*, communicate, concede, concur, confide, confirm, consent, cop a plea, credit, declare, disclose, divulge, enumerate, expose, grant, indicate, let, let on, narrate, number, own, permit, proclaim, profess, recite, recognize, relate, reveal, spill*, talk, tell, tolerate, uncover, unveil, yield, go into details, make known, open up, own up, subscribe to |
| Notes: | with admit, the acknowledgment of something being true applies to one's own sphere of conduct, whereas with concede the acknowledgment applies to another's; admit implies reluctance to disclose, grant, or concede and refers usually to facts rather than their implications |
| Antonyms: | confute, deny, dispute, dissent, gainsay, refuse |
* = 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: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into the atmosphere; freshen |
| Synonyms: | aerate, circulate, cool, eject, expel, expose, fan, open, oxygenate, purify, refresh, ventilate, aerify, air-condition |
| Antonyms: | hide, close up |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express opinion publicly |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulate, communicate, declare, disclose, display, disseminate, divulge, exhibit, expose, proclaim, publicize, publish, put, reveal, speak, state, tell, utter, ventilate, voice, make known, make public |
| Antonyms: | suppress, be quiet |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into sight |
| Synonyms: | arise, arrive, attend, check in*, come, come out, develop, drop in*, emerge, expose, issue, loom, materialize, occur, present, recur, rise, show, show up, spring, surface, turn out, turn up, be present, be within view, blow in*, bob up, break through, breeze in, clock in, come forth, come into view, come to light, crop up, make the scene, pop in*, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, roll in*, time in |
| Antonyms: | disappear, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, publish, show, uncover, unroll, unveil |
| 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: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find out, discover |
| Synonyms: | descry, detect, encounter, expose, spot, surprise, turn up, unmask, hit upon, meet with, take unawares |
| Antonyms: | miss, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | blight, cop out*, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken, put under suspicion |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, definition, exegesis, exposé, exposition, inference, interpretation, reading, rendition, translation, version, construal, explication, rendering |
| 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: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, show |
| Synonyms: | authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, flaunt, indicate, make out, manifest, prove, show and tell*, test, trot out*, try, validate, make evident, roll out*, testify to |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = 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
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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