Show

//ʃəʊ//

Synonyms for "show" (758 found)

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make the scenemanifestmanifestationmannerismmarkmarketmarket overtmarketplacemartmaskmasquemasquerademeanmeaningmeet the gazemelodramamere externalsmere showmeretriciousnessminstrel showmiraclemiracle playmonodramamonologuemoralitymorality playmortifymotion picturemountmoviemoving picturemusic dramamusicalmusical revuemyrioramamysterymystery playnail downnamingnoteoccasionofferopenopen marketopen the eyesopen upopeningoperaopportunityostensible motiveostentostentationoutoutcropoutshineoutward appearanceoutward showovershadowpageantpageantrypaintpanel showpanoplypanoramapantomimeparadepassion playpastoralpastoral dramapeep outpeerperformperformancephantasmagoriaphotoplaypicking outpicture showpiecepilotplayplayactingplayletplazapleadplotpoint out topoint the waypoint topointingpointing outpointing topomppoor excusepopularizeportrayposeposingposturepremierepresentpresentationpresentmentprestidigitationpretencepretensepretensionpretentiousnesspretextproblem playproclaimproduceproductionprofferprogramprogrammeprojectprojectionprosperoprotestationprove to beprove trueprunes and prismspsychedelic showpsychodramapublic imagepublic motiveput offput onput rightput to shameput-offput-onputting on airsquiz showradio dramaraise the curtainrationalizereachrear its headrecitalrecordreeducatereflectrefugeregisterremove all doubtrepresentrepresentationretrospectiverevealreviewrevuerialtoring upriseroll outroutesayschoolscreenseesee the lightseemingselectionsellsemblancesensational playserialset at restset forthset outset rightset straightsettlesettle the mattershamsharpen the witsshed light uponshepherdshifting sceneshineshine outshine throughshopping centershopping mallshopping plazashotshow forthshow howshow offshow signs ofshow the wayshow throughshow upshowingshowing offshowing-offsightsignsignalizesignificationsignifysimplifysimulacrumsimulationsitcomsituation comedysketchskitsleight of handsmoke screensoapsoap operasociodramasolvesorcerersorceryspeak for itselfspeak volumesspecificationspecious appearancespeciousnessspectaclespell outsplashsplendorsplurgesportspotlightspreadsqueakstagestage playstage presentationstage showstaginessstalking horsestalking-horsestandstand forstand forthstand outstaplesteerstraight dramastratagemstreamstream forthstreet marketstrike the eyestrip barestylishnesssubmitsubstantiatesubterfugesuccesssuggestsuggestionsuperficialitysupplysurface appearancesurface showsuspense dramaswaggerswan songsymbolizesymptomaticnesssymptomatizesymptomizetableautableau vivanttalk showteachteach a lessonteach the rudimentsteleplaytelevision dramatelevision playtelltend to showtestimonialtheater of crueltytheatrical performancetheatricsthrow light upontimetokentom showtotal theatertrade fairtranscribetricktrottrot outtryoutunactualityuncloakuncoverundrapeunearthunfoldunfoldingunfoldmentunfurlunkennelunlockunmaskunnaturalnessunpackunravelunrealityunrollunscreenunsheatheunshroudunsubstantialityunveilunveilingunwrapupstagevain showvariety showvarnishvarnishing dayvaudevillevauntvehicleveilveneerverifyvernissagevirtuositywavewindow dressingword-of-mouth successwork

How these synonyms differ

  • demonstrate - 'Demonstrate' implies proof or instruction, you show results, but you demonstrate a method or principle.
  • display - 'Display' suggests deliberate presentation for an audience, putting something on show rather than casually pointing it out.
  • indicate - 'Indicate' is analytical, data indicates a trend, symptoms indicate a condition. It's about evidence, not spectacle.
  • reveal - 'Reveal' adds drama, it implies something was hidden and is now being exposed, intentionally or not.

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Translations

540 translations across 124 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tregoj verb (to display)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • θέα noun (entertainment)
  • δείκνυμι verb (to display)
  • φαίνω verb (to display)
  • φαίνω verb (to be visible)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِظْهَار noun (demonstration)
  • اِسْتِعْرَاض noun (entertainment)
  • بَرْنَامَج noun (broadcast program(me))
  • عَرْض noun (entertainment)

Armenian

4 entries
  • թատերախաղ noun (entertainment)
  • ներկայացում noun (entertainment)
  • շոու noun (entertainment)
  • ցույց տալ verb (to display)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

3 entries
  • ܡܲܚܘܹܐ verb (to display)
  • ܡܲܚܙܹܐ verb (to display)
  • ܡܲܪܗܹܐ verb (to display)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • tamaşa noun (entertainment)
  • göstərmək verb (to display)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • відо́вішча noun (entertainment)
  • пака́з noun (entertainment)
  • спекта́кль noun (entertainment)
  • спэкта́кль noun (entertainment)

Bengali

1 entries
  • দেখানো verb (to display)

Bilarian

2 entries
  • демонстра́ция noun (demonstration)
  • пока́зване noun (demonstration)

Breton

3 entries
  • diskouez verb (to display)
  • diskouez verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)
  • dont war-wel verb (to be visible)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • зре́лище noun (entertainment)
  • и́зложба noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • по́казност noun (mere display)
  • представле́ние noun (entertainment)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ရှိုး noun (entertainment)
  • ပြ verb (to display)
  • ပြသ verb (to display)

Catalan

4 entries
  • espectacle noun (entertainment)
  • programa noun (broadcast program(me))
  • demostrar verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)
  • ensenyar verb (to display)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • پیشانگا noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • پیشاندان verb (to display)
  • پیشاندان verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗᎭ verb (to display)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 騷 /骚 noun (entertainment)
  • 展示 verb (to display)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 展覽會 /展览会 noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • 演出 noun (entertainment)
  • noun (entertainment)
  • 節目 /节目 noun (broadcast program(me))

Czech

4 entries
  • podívaná noun (entertainment)
  • pořad noun (broadcast program(me))
  • předvedení noun (demonstration)
  • přehlídka noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Danish

2 entries
  • show noun (entertainment)
  • vise verb (to display)

Dutch

4 entries
  • expositie noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • show noun (entertainment)
  • tentoonstelling noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • voorstelling noun (entertainment)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • lat sją̊ verb (to display)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • spektaklo noun (entertainment)
  • ŝajno noun (mere display)
  • gvidi verb (to guide or escort)
  • montri verb (to display)

Estonian

1 entries
  • näitama verb (to display)

Faroese

2 entries
  • sýna verb (to display)
  • vísa verb (to display)

Finnish

4 entries
  • demonstraatio noun (demonstration)
  • esittely noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • esitys noun (entertainment)
  • näytelmä noun (entertainment)

French

4 entries
  • démonstration noun (demonstration)
  • exposition noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • festival noun (entertainment)
  • spectacle noun (entertainment)

Friulian

1 entries
  • mostrâ verb (to display)

Galician

2 entries
  • amosar verb (to display)
  • mostrar verb (to display)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სპექტაკლი noun (entertainment)
  • წარმოდგენა noun (entertainment)
  • ჩვენება verb (to display)

German

4 entries
  • Demonstration noun (demonstration)
  • Programm noun (broadcast program(me))
  • Schau noun (entertainment)
  • Schau noun (demonstration)

Gothic

3 entries
  • 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to display)
  • 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)
  • 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (to display)

Greek

4 entries
  • έκθεση noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • εκπομπή noun (broadcast program(me))
  • επίδειξη noun (demonstration)
  • θέαμα noun (entertainment)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ersersippaa verb (to display)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • દેખાડવું verb (to display)
  • બતાવું verb (to display)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • montre verb (to display)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הַצָּגָה noun (entertainment)
  • הוֹפָעָה noun (entertainment)
  • מוֹפָע noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • תָּכְנִית noun (broadcast program(me))

Hindi

3 entries
  • तमाशा noun (entertainment)
  • शो noun (entertainment)
  • दिखाना verb (to display)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bemutató noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • demonstráció noun (demonstration)
  • előadás noun (entertainment)
  • fitogtatás noun (demonstration)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sýna verb (to display)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • acara noun (broadcast program(me))
  • pertunjukan noun (entertainment)
  • programa noun (broadcast program(me))
  • tunjuk verb (to display)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • näyttää verb (to display)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • monstrar verb (to display)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • تَماشا noun (entertainment)
  • شُوْ noun (broadcast program(me))
  • نَمایِش noun (entertainment)

Irish

4 entries
  • clár noun (broadcast program(me))
  • seó noun (entertainment)
  • seó noun (broadcast program(me))
  • léirigh verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)

Italian

4 entries
  • esibizione noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • mostra noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • programma noun (broadcast program(me))
  • spettacolo noun (entertainment)

Japanese

4 entries
  • お印 noun (bloody mucus discharge leading up to labor)
  • ショー noun (entertainment)
  • ショー noun (broadcast program(me))
  • 公演 noun (entertainment)

Javanese

1 entries
  • meruhi verb (to display)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • чибижиха́ра verb (to display)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ತೋರಿಸು verb (to display)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • ہاوُن verb (to display)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • pòkôzac verb (to display)

Kaurna

1 entries
  • mikangkanthi verb (to display)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • көрме noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • көрініс noun (entertainment)
  • шоу noun (entertainment)
  • қойылым noun (entertainment)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • āá verb (to display)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ល្ខោន noun (entertainment)
  • ណែ verb (to display)
  • បង្ហាញ verb (to display)

Kituba

1 entries
  • monisa verb (to display)

Korean

4 entries
  • noun (entertainment)
  • noun (broadcast program(me))
  • 전시회 noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • 프로그램 noun (broadcast program(me))

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • көрүнүш noun (entertainment)
  • спектакль noun (entertainment)
  • шоу noun (entertainment)
  • көргөзүү verb (to display)

Lao

2 entries
  • ລະຄອນ noun (entertainment)
  • ສະແດງ verb (to display)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • ruodeit verb (to display)

Latin

4 entries
  • ostentus noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • ostentus noun (demonstration)
  • spectaculum noun (entertainment)
  • designo verb (to display)

Latvian

2 entries
  • parādīt verb (to display)
  • rādīt verb (to display)

Lingala

2 entries
  • lakisa verb (to display)
  • monisa verb (to display)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • parodyti verb (to display)
  • rodyti verb (to display)

Low German

1 entries
  • wiesen verb (to display)

Lushootseed

1 entries
  • ʔugʷus verb (to guide or escort)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • weisen verb (to display)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • емисија noun (entertainment)
  • емисија noun (broadcast program(me))
  • изложба noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • претстава noun (entertainment)

Malay

4 entries
  • acara noun (broadcast program(me))
  • cerita noun (broadcast program(me))
  • pameran noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • penontonan noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Maltese

3 entries
  • essibizjoni noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • spettaklu noun (entertainment)
  • wirja noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • uenyesa verb (to display)

Marathi

1 entries
  • दाखवणे verb (to display)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • montre verb (to display)

Middle French

1 entries
  • monstrer verb (to display)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • үзэсгэлэн verb (to display)

Māori

1 entries
  • tītohu verb (to display)

Norman

1 entries
  • montrer verb (to display)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • vuosẹhit verb (to display)
  • čájẹhit verb (to display)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • vise verb (to display)
  • vise verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • program noun (broadcast program(me))
  • show noun (entertainment)
  • show noun (broadcast program(me))

Old English

1 entries
  • ætīewan verb (to display)

Old French

3 entries
  • monstrer verb (to display)
  • mostrer verb (to display)
  • mustrer verb (to display)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • do·adbat verb (to display)
  • do·aisféna verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • mostrar verb (to display)

Oromo

1 entries
  • agarsiisuu verb (to display)

Oscan

1 entries
  • 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌊𐌖𐌌 verb (to display)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اویون noun (entertainment)
  • شان noun (mere display)
  • طنطنه noun (mere display)
  • نمایش noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Persian

3 entries
  • نشان دادن verb (to display)
  • نشان دادن verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)
  • نمودن verb (to display)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • nintini verb (to display)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • wiesen (nds) verb (to display)

Polish

4 entries
  • pokaz noun (entertainment)
  • show noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • wystawa noun (entertainment)
  • pokazać verb (to display)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • demonstração noun (demonstration)
  • espetáculo noun (entertainment)
  • exposição noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • mostra noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਤਮਾਸ਼ਾ noun (entertainment)

Quechua

1 entries
  • rikuchiy verb (to display)

Romanian

4 entries
  • demonstrație noun (demonstration)
  • emisiune noun (broadcast program(me))
  • expoziție noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • program noun (broadcast program(me))

Romansch

1 entries
  • mussar verb (to display)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́ставка noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • демонстра́ция noun (demonstration)
  • зре́лище noun (entertainment)
  • переда́ча noun (broadcast program(me))

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • दिशति verb (to display)

Scots

4 entries
  • shaw noun (entertainment)
  • shaw noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • shaw noun (demonstration)
  • shaw noun (broadcast program(me))

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • taisbeanadh noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • taisbeanadh noun (demonstration)
  • taisbeanadh noun (mere display)
  • seall verb (to display)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • demonstrácija noun (demonstration)
  • prèdstava noun (entertainment)
  • ìzložba noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • šȍu noun (entertainment)

Slovak

4 entries
  • predstavenie noun (entertainment)
  • šou noun (entertainment)
  • šou noun (broadcast program(me))
  • ukazovať verb (to display)

Slovene

4 entries
  • oddaja noun (entertainment)
  • predstava noun (entertainment)
  • šov noun (entertainment)
  • kazati verb (to display)

Spanish

4 entries
  • demostración noun (demonstration)
  • espectáculo noun (entertainment)
  • exposición noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • festival noun (entertainment)

Swahili

4 entries
  • maonyesho noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • maonyesho noun (demonstration)
  • shoo noun (entertainment)
  • onyesha verb (to display)

Swedish

4 entries
  • demonstration noun (demonstration)
  • program noun (broadcast program(me))
  • show noun (entertainment)
  • uppvisning noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • pagtatanghal noun (entertainment)
  • palabas noun (entertainment)
  • palabas noun (broadcast program(me))
  • programa noun (broadcast program(me))

Tajik

3 entries
  • намоиш noun (entertainment)
  • тамошо noun (entertainment)
  • нишон додан verb (to display)

Tamil

4 entries
  • கண்காட்சி noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • நிகழ்ச்சி noun (entertainment)
  • நிகழ்ச்சி noun (broadcast program(me))
  • பகட்டு noun (mere display)

Telugu

3 entries
  • ప్రదర్శనం noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • ప్రదర్శనం noun (demonstration)
  • చూపించు verb (to display)

Thai

4 entries
  • ละคร noun (entertainment)
  • ละคร noun (broadcast program(me))
  • โชว์ noun (entertainment)
  • ชี้แจง verb (to display)

Turkish

4 entries
  • gösteri noun (entertainment)
  • gösteri noun (broadcast program(me))
  • program noun (broadcast program(me))
  • şov noun (entertainment)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • görkezmek verb (to display)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎁𐎙𐎊 verb (to display)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́ставка noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • видо́вище noun (entertainment)
  • виста́ва noun (entertainment)
  • експози́ція noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • pokazać verb (to display)
  • pokazować verb (to display)

Urdu

4 entries
  • تَماشا noun (entertainment)
  • تَماشَہ noun (entertainment)
  • شو noun (entertainment)
  • دکھانا verb (to display)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • تاماشا noun (entertainment)
  • كۆرۈنۈش noun (entertainment)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • koʻrinish noun (entertainment)
  • shou noun (entertainment)
  • spektakl noun (entertainment)
  • tomosha noun (entertainment)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • biểu diễn noun (entertainment)
  • chương trình noun (broadcast program(me))
  • triển lãm noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • trình diễn noun (entertainment)

Walloon

4 entries
  • dimostrer verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)
  • esse grosse verb (to have a big belly, as pregnant)
  • mostrer verb (to display)
  • mostrer verb (to indicate (a fact) to be true)

Welsh

4 entries
  • arddangosfa noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)
  • rhaglen noun (broadcast program(me))
  • sioe noun (entertainment)
  • sioe noun (exhibition — see also exhibition)

Yakut

1 entries
  • көрдөр verb (to display)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ווײַזן verb (to display)

Sample sentences

56 total sentences available.

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I was wondering if you were going to show up today.

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The people who come on the Maury Povich show often make pretentious claims about their lovers cheating on them.

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If you teach me how to dance, I will show you my hidden scars.

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Look carefully. I'm going to show you how it's done.

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