Synonyms and Antonyms of showing
1
to present so as to invite notice or attention
- fishing for compliments, the neighbors showed their new SUV to everyone on the block
displaying, disporting, exhibiting, exposing, flashing, flaunting, laying out, parading, producing, showing off, sporting, strutting, unveiling
brandishing, flourishing, waving
advertising, airing, announcing, blazing, broadcasting, heralding, placarding, posting, proclaiming, publicizing, sounding, trumpeting
divulging, talking (about), telling (of)
baring, discovering, revealing, uncloaking, uncovering, unmasking
camouflaging, disguising, masking
concealing, covering, curtaining, enshrouding, hiding, obscuring, occluding, occulting, shrouding, veiling
2
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
- the actor's expressive face shows his every thought and emotion clearly
bespeaking, betraying, communicating, declaring, demonstrating, displaying, evincing, exposing, giving away, manifesting, revealing
baring, disclosing, unbosoming, uncloaking, uncovering
advertising, airing, announcing, blazing, broadcasting, placarding, proclaiming, publicizing, sounding, trumpeting
projecting
belying, misrepresenting
distorting, falsifying, garbling, twisting
camouflaging, disguising
gilding, glossing (over), varnishing, whitewashing
concealing, counterfeiting, covering, hiding, masking, obscuring, occluding, veiling
3
to gain full recognition or acceptance of
attesting, authenticating, bearing out, documenting, evidencing, supporting, sustaining, upholding
confirming, corroborating, justifying, validating, verifying
4
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
- showed me how to play the guitar
godfathering
directing, engineering, steering, swaying
accompanying, attending, chaperoning, convoying, escorting, seeing, squiring
overseeing, superintending, supervising
drilling, training
briefing, enlightening, informing
instructing, schooling, teaching, tutoring
inculcating, indoctrinating
cultivating, fostering, nurturing
5
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
- showed them the way to get home
6
to come into view
- another car showed just as we were thinking we'd have the whole place to ourselves
reappearing, resurfacing
bulking, looming
arriving, coming
dawning, debuting
arising, blossoming, bobbing (up), breaking, breaking out, cropping (up), emerging, erupting, issuing, outcropping, rising, shooting (up), springing (up), surfacing
happening, occurring
reappearing, rematerializing
