I. verb
1.
to set out or place on view for customers
we're showing lots of long dresses this fall
Synonyms: display, offer
Related Word: afford, supply; exhibit; present, proffer, submit; deal (in), sell
2.
to reveal outwardly or make apparent
asked a question or two to show his intelligence
Synonyms: demonstrate, evidence, evince, exhibit, illustrate, manifest, mark, ostend, proclaim; compare look 4
Related Word: disclose, discover, divulge, lay out, reveal, unveil; present, project
Contrasted words: camouflage, conceal, dissemble, hide, obscure
Antonyms: disguise
3.
Synonyms: stage , mount, produce, put on
4.
to present in such a way as to invite notice, attention, and admiration
she loved to show her jewels to everyone
Synonyms: brandish, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, parade, show off, trot out
Related Word: air, lay out, set out, spread; blazon, flourish, sport, vaunt
Contrasted words: belittle, deprecate, depreciate, minimize
5.
to give an exact and usually automatic reading or indication of
the speedometer shows 70 MPH
Synonyms: indicate, mark, read, record, register, say
Related Word: point (to); ring up
6.
Synonyms: look 4, exhibit
Related Word: lay out, reveal, unveil
7.
Synonyms: guide , conduct, direct, escort, lead, pilot, route, see, shepherd, steer
8.
Synonyms: establish 6, demonstrate, determine, make out, prove
Related Word: present; plead; allege
9.
Synonyms: appear 1, emerge, loom
Related Word: come, show up; materialize
10.
Synonyms: come 1, arrive, ||blow in, get, get in, reach, show up, turn up
Idioms: ||make the scene, put in an appearance, show one's face
11.
Synonyms: turn up 3, show up
II. noun
Synonyms: appearance 2, face, guise, seeming, semblance, showing, simulacrum
Related Word: likeness; effect, impression
Idioms: outward show
2.
Synonyms: mask 2, color, coloring, disguise, facade, face, front, put-on, veneer, window dressing
3.
Synonyms: display 2, array, fanfare, panoply, parade, pomp, shine
4.
Synonyms: opportunity , break, chance, look-in, occasion, opening, shot, squeak, time
5.
Synonyms: exhibition 1, demonstration, display, spectacle
6.
Synonyms: exhibition 2, exhibit, exposition, fair
7.
Synonyms: movie , cine, ||cinema, film, flick, motion picture, moving picture, photoplay, picture, picture show
8.
Synonyms: showing 1, out