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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstration, exhibition |
| Synonyms: | appearance, array, display, expo, exposition, fair, fanfare, fireworks, grandstand, manifestation, occurrence, pageant, pageantry, panoply, parade, pomp, presentation, program, representation, shine*, showboat, showing, sight, spectacle, splash*, view |
| 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: | noun |
| Definition: | false front; appearance given |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, display, effect, face*, front, grandstand play, guise, illusion, impression, likeness, make-believe, ostentation, parade, pose, pretense, pretext, profession, seeming, semblance, sham, shine*, showboat, showing, simulacrum, splash* |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | actively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | afford, air, arrive, attend, bare, blazon, brandish, deal in, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, flourish, lay bare, lay out, mount, offer, parade, present, produce, proffer, put on, reveal, sell, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread, stage, streak, submit, supply, trot out, unfold, unfurl, unveil, vaunt, wave |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| 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: | verb |
| Definition: | grant |
| Synonyms: | accord, act with, bestow, confer, dispense, give |
| 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, schtick, show, sketch, spot, turn |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | affectation, attitude, bit*, chaser, dissimilation, fake, false front, feigning, front, performance, phony, pose, posture, pretense, put-on, sham, show, shuck and jive, simulation, soft soap, stall, stance, stunt, sweet talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affirm |
| Synonyms: | cite, illustrate, point out, prove, show |
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