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Display

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Narrower term 20

Array 76% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

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Fanfare 76% connected

A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Flaunt 76% connected

To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Gaudery 76% connected

Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.

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Monitor 76% connected

One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

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Ostentation 76% connected

The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

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Parade 76% connected

The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.

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Pomp 76% connected

A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

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Presentation 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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Production 76% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Screening 76% connected

of Screen

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Showing 76% connected

of Show

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Sight 76% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Spectacle 76% connected

Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or notew…

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Viewing 76% connected

of View

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Window 76% connected

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,…

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Manner of action 15

Bench 76% connected

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

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Brandish 76% connected

To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Flaunt 76% connected

To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.

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Gibbet 76% connected

A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allow…

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Moon 76% connected

The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to…

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Open 76% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Ostentate 76% connected

To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.

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Pillory 76% connected

A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in f…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Posture 76% connected

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; espe…

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Sit 76% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Swank 76% connected

of Swink

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Broader term 11

Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Court 76% connected

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…

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Demonstration 76% connected

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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Disclosure 76% connected

The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Revealing 76% connected

of Reveal

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Revelation 76% connected

The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

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Romance 76% connected

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Solicit 76% connected

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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Woo 76% connected

To solicit in love; to court.

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Derivationally related 4

Expose 74% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Expose 74% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Exposure 74% connected

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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Exposure 74% connected

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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Synonym 5

Exhibit 92% connected

To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

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Expose 92% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Presentation 92% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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Show 92% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Showing 92% connected

of Show

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Near synonym 1

Show 84% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

general 62% interchangeable

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