Synonyms of exposing

exposing

verb

present participle of expose

1

as in uncovering

to reveal the true nature of

a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uncovering
• disclosing
• demolishing
• unmasking
• discrediting
• debunking
• undressing
• telling
• nailing
• showing up
• disproving
• uncloaking
• blowing the whistle on
• unveiling
• divulging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masking
• disguising
• concealing
• hiding
• camouflaging
• secreting
• cloaking
• veiling

2

as in revealing

to make known (as information previously kept secret)

the documentary claims to expose how winners of beauty pageants are really picked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revealing
• disclosing
• discovering
• uncovering
• telling
• sharing
• announcing
• spilling
• baring
• divulging
• unmasking
• leaking
• unveiling
• bringing to light
• going public (with)
• unbosoming
• letting on (about)
• confiding
• publishing
• uncloaking
• spilling the beans (about)
• proclaiming
• informing
• posting
• promulgating
• betraying
• letting the cat out of the bag (about)
• publicizing
• declaring
• relating
• acknowledging
• debunking
• unearthing
• confessing
• imparting
• advertising
• broadcasting
• talking
• communicating
• owning
• admitting
• bringing out
• unclothing
• blazing
• showing up
• blabbing
• giving away
• disinterring
• undraping
• placarding
• conceding
• sounding
• avowing
• squealing
• smoking out
• raking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concealing
• hiding
• masking
• covering (up)
• shrouding
• enshrouding
• cloaking
• disguising
• veiling
• camouflaging
• whitewashing
• obscuring
• varnishing
• shading
• overshadowing
• glossing (over)
• eclipsing
• clouding
• darkening
• gilding
• overcasting
• beclouding
• befogging
• bedimming

3

as in displaying

to make known (something abstract) through outward signs

the tight race for the championship exposed one team's mean streak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revealing
• displaying
• showing
• demonstrating
• betraying
• communicating
• manifesting
• declaring
• evincing
• disclosing
• uncovering
• giving away
• baring
• sounding
• announcing
• proclaiming
• publicizing
• airing
• bespeaking
• projecting
• advertising
• broadcasting
• blazing
• unbosoming
• uncloaking
• trumpeting
• placarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misrepresenting
• distorting
• twisting
• falsifying
• belying
• disguising
• camouflaging
• covering
• concealing
• hiding
• masking
• obscuring
• whitewashing
• varnishing
• garbling
• occluding
• glossing (over)
• counterfeiting
• veiling
• gilding

4

as in showing

to present so as to invite notice or attention

I didn't want to expose my ignorance in front of the others, so I kept silent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displaying
• showing
• exhibiting
• flashing
• unveiling
• producing
• announcing
• waving
• parading
• flaunting
• revealing
• strutting
• sporting
• showing off
• laying out
• disporting
• proclaiming
• discovering
• advertising
• publicizing
• posting
• uncovering
• divulging
• brandishing
• airing
• flourishing
• broadcasting
• baring
• trumpeting
• heralding
• blazing
• telling (of)
• talking (about)
• unmasking
• sounding
• placarding
• uncloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masking
• disguising
• camouflaging
• concealing
• covering
• hiding
• obscuring
• occluding
• shrouding
• veiling
• enshrouding
• occulting
• curtaining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exposing

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, 11 Nov. 2026

Women seemed to have no problem exposing the kind of thing that no man at that time would be willing to own up to. — Jack Denton, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2026

Szmed's video shows inside every room, exposing mold, along with leaking pipes, toilets and structural problems inside the high school. — CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026

If removing the annuals leaves bare soil, Gifford recommends covering it with shredded leaves rather than exposing it to winter weather. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 7 Nov. 2026

The Fractured Response From Governing Bodies ​Within days of Amodei’s request, the major powers responded, exposing the fault lines in global AI governance. — Stephen Pitt-Walker, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

One of the main drivers behind this approach is the risk of exposing confidential business information through public AI tools. — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

Burke lowered the $1,000 threshold for felony retail theft charges to $300, exposing more of the county’s poor to felony convictions and their lifelong adverse effects. — Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026