displaying

verb

present participle of display
1
as in exhibiting
to present so as to invite notice or attention display the best items at the front of the showcase

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in showing
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs an actress who can display a great range of emotion

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of displaying For example, when executing a larger order in a fast-moving market, the venue displaying the best price may not have enough liquidity available to fill it. — Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 His paintings sell for millions at auction but Nara's most important fans might be the ones displaying his ashtrays, lamps, and snowglobes. — Julie Brener Davich, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026 Employers can satisfy this requirement by displaying an appropriate poster containing this information. — Steven M. Frederick, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026 Campaign clothing, buttons and other political materials may be subject to restrictions, so voters should check the state's current guidance before wearing or displaying campaign materials at a polling place. — Cbs Baltimore, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 To launch the magician threequel’s first trailer, Lionsgate reportedly gave away roughly $250,000 to those that texted a mysterious phone number displaying in Times Square in the hours up to the drop. — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026 Williams covered up the logo on his Caddix brand cleats after reportedly getting fined about $35,000 the past two weeks for displaying an unauthorized logo. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 Anthropic also wants to investigate covert misalignment, where models conceal their intentions instead of openly displaying concerning behavior. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026 Once you’re done displaying your pumpkins, cut them up into fourths and place pieces around your yard. — Sydney Price, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for displaying
  1. exhibiting
  2. showing
  3. flashing
  4. revealing
  5. exposing
  6. demonstrating
  7. unveiling
  8. producing
Verb
  • But while its scale is undeniable, the nature of the win—characterized by very different candidates exhibiting similar levels of success with voters—appears to have left the party struggling to draw a cohesive conclusion from the election.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Lokia, which will be exhibiting at the American Film Market at Fairmont Suite 411, has also formed a strategic partnership with Fintage House to oversee reporting and manage collection accounts.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of exhibiting
Verb
  • Surveillance footage from a nearby business, Wall2Wall Grillz, captured part of the encounter showing the teen walking through a parking lot before entering a vehicle with an older man.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The court systems have made such a mockery of roster construction that Sports Illustrated went so far as to create a tracker showing who can and cannot play and how each case was decided.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • Groups gather in private rooms lined with flashing lights and TV monitors, pick up the microphone and sing with abandon into the early morning hours.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The cameras detect vehicles that break the law by passing the school buses when the stop sign and lights are flashing, capturing video evidence that is then reviewed by citation officers before a citation is issued.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of flashing
Verb
  • Slowly, a door opens, revealing the shadow of Stephen, her husband.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The large wooden desk is framed by a bookshelf painted pastel robin’s egg blue, and an antique cabinet that stands on tall spindly legs, its doors open, revealing rows of small, narrow dividers for sorting mail or paperwork.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of revealing
Verb
  • The party that walks away from exposing it will keep paying at the ballot box.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Swallowing medications is one way to get around this, at the risk of exposing other tissues to unwanted effects.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • The company’s planned 2027 unveiling of its flagship vehicle will be an important milestone in demonstrating its technological progress and long-term ambitions.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
  • From Brooklyn to Buffalo, students are already demonstrating deeper learning through meaningful, rigorous work.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of demonstrating
Verb
  • In West Palm Beach, Banyan Tree Residences is unveiling South Florida’s first residential meditation dome.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The unveiling event itself was marred when Musk tried to prove that its windows were shatterproof by having metal balls thrown at them - only to leave massive cracks in two of them.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of unveiling
Verb
  • Federal research funding supports jobs and businesses while producing discoveries and training the workforce on which private industry depends.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Founded, in 1974, by the animator Tatsuo Shimamura, Shirogumi originally specialized in producing effects for television commercials, in addition to making films for special events and expositions.
    — Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of producing

Browse Nearby Words

displayed
displaying
displays
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Displaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displaying. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
speech-bubble-untangle
Simplify The Convoluted Expression Quiz A quiz that’s as “uncomplicated as a round de...
See All