| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A display of insincere behavior: act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, pretense, sham, simulation. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. An act of showing or displaying: demonstration, display, exhibit, exhibition, manifestation. See SHOW. 3. An impressive or ostentatious exhibition: array, display, panoply, parade, pomp, spectacle. See SHOW. 4. A large public display, as of goods or works of art: exhibit, exhibition, exposition. See SHOW. 5. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, pretext, semblance, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang : put-on. See SHOW. | | VERB: | 1. To come into view: appear, emerge, issue, loom, materialize. Idioms: make (or put in) an appearance, meet the eye. See SEE. 2. To make known or identify, as by signs: denote, designate, indicate, mark, point out, specify. See SHOW. 3. To make a public and usually ostentatious show of. Also used with off: brandish, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, parade, sport. See SHOW. 4. To show the way to: conduct, direct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, shepherd, steer, usher. See SHOW. 5. To be performed: play, run. See PERFORMING ARTS. 6. To establish as true or genuine: authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, endorse, establish, evidence, prove, substantiate, validate, verify. See SHOW, SUPPORT. 7. To present a lifelike image of: delineate, depict, describe, express, image, limn, picture, portray, render, represent. See SHOW. 8. To make visible; bring to view: bare, disclose, display, expose, reveal, unclothe, uncover, unmask, unveil. Archaic : discover. Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain. See SHOW. 9. To give a precise indication of, as on a register or scale: indicate, mark, read, record, register. See SHOW. 10. To make manifest or apparent: demonstrate, display, evidence, evince, exhibit, manifest, proclaim, reveal. See SHOW. | | PHRASAL VERB: | show up To come to a particular place: arrive, check in, get in, pull in, reach, turn up. Slang : blow in. Idioms: make (or put in) an appearance. See START.
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