reveal

1 to make known (as information previously kept secret) at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger Synonyms bare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), spill, tell, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil Related Words confide, share; debunk, show up; unclothe, undrape; advertise, announce, blaze, bring out, broadcast, declare, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound; betray, blab, give away, leak; inform, squeal, talk; communicate, impart, relate; acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, own; disinter, rake up, smoke out, unearth Phrases bring to light, go public (with), let the cat out of the bag (about), spill the beans (about) Near Antonyms camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade Antonyms cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil

2 to make known (something abstract) through outward signs a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people Synonyms bespeak, betray, communicate, declare, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, manifest, showRelated Words bare, disclose, unbosom, uncloak, uncover; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; projectNear Antonyms belie, misrepresent; distort, falsify, garble, twist; camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil