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| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstration, exhibition |
| Synonyms: | appearance, array, display, exposition, fair, fanfare, fireworks, grandstand, manifestation, occurrence, pageant, pageantry, parade, pomp, presentation, program, representation, shine*, showing, sight, spectacle, splash*, view, expo, panoply, showboat |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | concealment, hiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | actively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | afford, air, arrive, attend, bare, blazon, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, flourish, lay out, mount, offer, parade, present, produce, proffer, put on, reveal, sell, show off, sport, spread, stage, streak, submit, supply, trot out, unfold, unfurl, unveil, vaunt, wave, deal in, lay bare, set out, showcase |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment event |
| Synonyms: | act, appearance, burlesque, carnival, cinema, comedy, drama, entertainment, film, flick*, motion picture, movie, pageant, picture, play, presentation, production, showing, spectacle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | passively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, assert, be visible, blow in, clarify, come, demonstrate, determine, disclose, discover, display, divulge, elucidate, emerge, establish, evidence, evince, explain, get, get in, illustrate, indicate, instruct, lay out, loom, make known, make out, make the scene, manifest, mark, materialize, note, ostend, point, present, proclaim, project, prove, put in appearance, reach, register, reveal, show one's face, show up, teach, testify to, turn up, unveil |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false front; appearance given |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, display, effect, face*, front, guise, illusion, impression, likeness, make-believe*, ostentation, parade, pose, pretense, pretext, profession, seeming, semblance, sham, shine*, showing, splash*, grandstand play, showboat, simulacrum |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant |
| Synonyms: | accord, bestow, confer, dispense, give, act with |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accompany |
| Synonyms: | attend, conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, see, shepherd, steer |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a performance |
| Synonyms: | bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag*, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, show, sketch, spot, turn, schtick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | affectation, attitude, bit*, fake, false front*, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, sham, show, simulation, soft soap*, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk*, chaser, dissimilation, feigning, put-on, shuck and jive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm |
| Synonyms: | cite, illustrate, point out, prove, show |
| 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: | advise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer information |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, apprise, clue*, fill in, inform, notify, post*, report, show, tell, update, warn, clue in, give the word, keep posted, lay it out, let in on, make known, put next to, put on the line, put on to, tip off |
| Antonyms: | keep mum, keep quiet, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior to make an impression |
| Synonyms: | air, airs, appearance, facade, false front*, front, imitation, insincerity, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, sham*, show, simulation, artificiality, going Hollywood, pretentiousness, put-on, putting on airs, showing off |
| Antonyms: | simplicity, naturalness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | airs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affectation; pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, false front, front, haughtiness, hauteur, mannerism, ostentation, pomposity, pose, pretense, pretension, show, affectedness, pretentiousness, put-on, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | personality, truthfulness, realness |
| 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: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, reason, show, suggest, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness, prevail upon, talk into |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, considerable group |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, batch, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, design, display, disposition, exhibition, formation, host, lot, multitude, order, parade, pattern, set, show, supply, throng, lineup |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange in collection or order |
| Synonyms: | align, display, exhibit, form, group, organize, parade, range, set, show, systematize, line up, methodize |
| Main Entry: | arrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to a destination |
| Synonyms: | access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, buzz*, check in*, disembark, dismount, drop in, enter, hit*, land*, pull in*, reach, report, show, show up, turn up, visit, blow in, bob up, breeze in, bust in, clock in, drop anchor, fall by, fall in, get to, hit town, make it, make the scene, pop in*, pop up, punch the clock, roll in*, sign in, sky in, take place, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, disappear, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be present at |
| Synonyms: | appear, catch, check in, drop in, frequent, haunt, show, show up, turn up, visit, be a guest, be at, be present, be there, bob up, clock in, come to light, go to, make an appearance, make it, make the scene, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, sit in on, time in |
| Antonyms: | be absent |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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