Entry Word: expose

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to reveal the true nature of <a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax>

Synonyms debunk, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask

Related Words discredit, disprove; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

Near Antonyms conceal, hide, secrete

Antonyms camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask

2 to make known (as information previously kept secret) <the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked> — see reveal 1
3 to make known (something abstract) through outward signs <the tight race for the championship exposed one teamʼs mean streak> — see show 2
4 to present so as to invite notice or attention <I didnʼt want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent> — see show 1