show

v

1. exhibit, display, present, demonstrate, set forth, offer; put in plain sight, bare, lay bare, unveil, unscreen, uncover, undrape.

2. indicate, express, manifest, make plain or clear; expose, reveal, betray, give away; evince, evidence, exemplify, Scot, and North Eng. kithe; produce, bring forward, bring out, roll out, Inf. trot out.

3. escort, usher, conduct, pilot, steer, guide, lead, direct; chaperon, matronize, accompany; attend, assist, aid.

4. explain, define, interpret, explicate, expound, point out; simplify, make plain, unfold, put across, spell out; clarify, elucidate, clear up, resolve, solve; illustrate, throw or shed light on; describe, account for, give the facts, tell the whole story.

5. prove, authenticate, document, substantiate; verify, corroborate, confirm; certify, uphold, validate, bear out.

6. inform, tell, express, state; teach, instruct, tutor, indoctrinate; give an idea of, let [s.o.] in on.

7. be visible, appear, be in view, be seen; come into view, come in sight, become visible; arise, crop up, loom up.

8. show off flaunt, parade, brandish; make a big deal, Sl. showboat; be vain, be ostentatious; swagger, strut, strut one's stuff, peacock; pose, posture, grandstand, swank; put on airs, give oneself airs, Inf. put up a front, Sl. dog it, Sl. hotdog, Sl. put on the dog; talk big, name-drop, boast, gasconade, Inf. go on about [s.t.].

9. show upa. expose, reveal, give away. See show (defs. 1, 2).b. appear, look, strike one as, come across.c.Informal. come, arrive, land; get here, pull in, Sl. make it.d.Informal. outdo, outshine, outdaz-zle, outglitter, upstage; overshadow, tower above, eclipse, dwarf.

n

10. display, exhibition, array, arrangement, presentation, demonstration; manifestation, evince-ment, disclosure, revelation, exposure, uncovering.

11. ostentation, pretension, pretense, ritz, splash; blazon, spectacle, parade, pageant, pageantry, ceremony; pomp, magnificence, grandeur, splendor, glitter, pizzazz, flourish; affectation, airs, Sl. dog, pretentiousness, artificiality, affectedness; theatricality, histrionics, melodramatics; foppery, peacockery, dandyism, flaunting.

12. appearance, posture, stance, stand; bearing, presence, carriage, demeanor, port; mien, look, visage, countenance; cast, attitude, air.

13. indication, trace, tinge, spark, flash, glimmer, whisper, vestige; mark, evidence, track, trail, scent, symptom; sign, cue, clue; intimation, hint, suggestion, suspicion, inkling, implication; idea, notion; taste, touch.

14. theatrical performance, production, presentation, Music. gig; premiere, matinde; exhibition, exhibit, showing, exposition.

15.Informal. chance, opportunity, try.

16. run the show manage, take charge of, direct, command, govern, rule; oversee, regulate, supervise, head; dominate, hold the reins, be in charge.

17. steal the show usurp credit, be the main attraction, be the center of attraction, get all the attention; stand out, be the best.