| Main Entry: | show and tell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public presentation |
Synonyms: |
public display, sharing |
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, show |
Synonyms: |
authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, flaunt, indicate, make evident, make out, manifest, prove, roll out, show and tell, test, testify to, trot out, try, validate |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide |
| 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, let it all hang out, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, offer, ostend, parade, parade wares, proclaim, reveal, roll out, show, show and tell, show off, showcase, strut stuff, trot out, wave around |
Antonyms: |
conceal, cover, hide |
| 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, fan it, flash, flash about, flourish, gasconade, grandstand, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, parade, proclaim, put on an act, reveal, roll out, show and tell, showcase, smack with, sport, spring on, streak, throw weight around, trot out, vaunt, wave around, whip out |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide, refrain |
| Main Entry: | illustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, exemplify |
Synonyms: |
allegorize, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across, get over, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out, limelight, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point up, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify |
Antonyms: |
hide, obscure |
| Main Entry: | manifest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhibit, make plain |
Synonyms: |
confirm, declare, demonstrate, display, embody, establish, evidence, evince, expose, express, exteriorize, externalize, flash, illustrate, incarnate, let it all hang out, mark, materialize, objectify, ostend, parade, personalize, personify, personize, proclaim, prove, reveal, set forth, show, show and tell, showcase, signify, sport, strut, substantiate, suggest, utter, vent, voice, wave around |
Antonyms: |
bury, conceal, cover, obscure, withhold |