| show | (noun) an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment | - |
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| (noun) pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression | Synonyms: appearance |
| (noun) something intended to communicate a particular impression | Synonyms: display |
| (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, establish, prove, shew |
| (verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, prove, testify |
| (verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | Synonyms: designate, indicate, point |
| (verb) give expression to | Synonyms: evince, express |
| (verb) give evidence of, as of records | - |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: read, record, register |
| (verb) finish third or better in a horse or dog race | - |
| (verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: depict, picture, render |
| (verb) take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums | Synonyms: usher |
| (verb) make visible or noticeable | - |
| (verb) be or become visible or noticeable | Synonyms: show up |
| (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, present |
| showboat | (noun) a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
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| showboy | (noun) a man who dances in a chorus line | - |
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| showcase | (noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: case, display case, vitrine |
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| (noun) a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect | Synonyms: show window |
| showdown | (noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | Synonyms: confrontation, encounter, face-off |
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| shower | (noun) washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle | Synonyms: shower bath |
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| (noun) a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you | - |
| (noun) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower | Synonyms: cascade |
| (noun) a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person | - |
| (noun) a brief period of precipitation | Synonyms: rain shower |
| (noun) someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see | Synonyms: exhibitioner, exhibitor |
| (verb) take a shower; wash one's body in the shower | - |
| (verb) provide abundantly with | - |
| (verb) spray or sprinkle with | - |
| (verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns | Synonyms: lavish |
| (verb) rain abundantly | Synonyms: shower down |
| showerhead | (noun) a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather | - |
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| showery | (adjective) (of weather) wet by periods of rain | Synonyms: rainy |
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| showgirl | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorine, chorus girl |
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| showily | (adverb) with ostentation; in an ostentatious manner | Synonyms: ostentatiously |
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| (adverb) in a fancy colorful manner | Synonyms: flamboyantly, flashily |
| showiness | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: flamboyance, floridity, floridness |
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| showing | (noun) something shown to the public | Synonyms: display, exhibit |
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| (noun) the display of a motion picture | Synonyms: screening, viewing |
| showjumping | (noun) riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles | Synonyms: stadium jumping |
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| showman | (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: impresario, promoter |
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| (noun) a person skilled at making effective presentations | - |
| showmanship | (noun) the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner | - |
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| showpiece | (noun) the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection | Synonyms: collector's item, piece de resistance |
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| showplace | (noun) a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty | - |
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| showroom | (noun) an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | Synonyms: saleroom, salesroom |
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| showstopper | (noun) something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal | Synonyms: show-stopper |
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| (noun) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | Synonyms: show-stopper, stopper |
| showtime | (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, start, starting time |
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| showy | (adjective) superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense | Synonyms: glossy |
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| (adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display | Synonyms: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, sporty |
| (adjective) marked by ostentation but often tasteless | Synonyms: flamboyant, splashy |
| (adjective) displaying brilliance and virtuosity | - |