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Antonyms for expose
ˌɛk spoʊˈzeɪex·pose

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 3 votes

  1. expose

    Of human actions or character, detect is used, almost without exception, in a bad sense; discover may be used in either the good or the bad sense, oftener in the good; he was detected in a fraud; real merit is sure to be discovered. In scientific language, detect is used of delicate indications that appear in course of careful watching; as, a slight fluttering of the pulse could be detected. We discover what has existed but has not been known to us; we invent combinations or arrangements not before in use; Columbus discovered America; Morse invented the electric telegraph. Find is the most general word for every means of coming to know what was not before certainly known. A man finds in the road some stranger's purse, or finds his own which he is searching for. The expert discovers or detects an error in an account; the auditor finds the account to be correct. Compare DISCERN.

    See synonyms for HIDE.

    Synonyms:
    ascertain, descry, detect, discern, disclose, discover, ferret out, find, find out, invent

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. expose, unmaskingverb

    the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

    "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

    Synonyms:
    unmasking

  2. exposeverb

    expose or make accessible to some action or influence

    "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"

    Synonyms:
    display, unwrap, let on, bring out, scupper, divulge, give away, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose

  3. unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let outverb

    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

    "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

    Synonyms:
    crack, snitch, unveil, pick up, break away, give way, unwrap, key out, soften, scupper, get word, shop, split up, fall apart, part, collapse, shit, die, distinguish, transgress, learn, chance upon, weaken, exhibit, widen, bump, discover, light upon, demote, stop, set off, fall upon, break in, break out, separate, emit, split, go, give away, damp, undo, smash, name, come across, interrupt, founder, get a line, offend, get out, release, relegate, get wind, chance on, bring out, violate, reveal, divulge, pause, betray, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, debunk, conk out, put out, break-dance, denounce, check, break up, breach, introduce, come upon, publish, give, attain, see, strike, bring on, better, find out, grass, uncover, burst, go bad, peril, describe, break off, disclose, endanger, bust, identify, find, fail, rat, break dance, issue, dampen, let loose, fall in, erupt, let out, hear, intermit, ruin, kick downstairs, happen upon, fracture, break down, infract, produce, go against, come apart, bankrupt, give out, tell on, develop, break, detect, discontinue, key, snap off, notice, display, observe, wear, stag, utter, recrudesce

  4. expose, exhibit, displayverb

    to show, make visible or apparent

    "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

    Synonyms:
    display, unwrap, let on, bring out, demo, scupper, divulge, march, give away, endanger, peril, parade, let out, present, demonstrate, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose, show

  5. uncover, exposeverb

    remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

    "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

    Synonyms:
    scupper, unwrap, let on, bring out, display, divulge, unveil, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, give away, debunk, disclose

  6. disclose, exposeverb

    disclose to view as by removing a cover

    "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

    Synonyms:
    display, unwrap, let on, bring out, scupper, divulge, give away, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose

  7. queer, expose, scupper, endanger, perilverb

    put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

    Synonyms:
    scotch, bushwhack, let on, frustrate, bring out, unwrap, exhibit, disclose, endanger, foil, lurk, jeopardise, waylay, peril, reveal, debunk, thwart, imperil, threaten, give away, break, baffle, divulge, spoil, lie in wait, ambush, menace, jeopardize, scupper, cross, uncover, ambuscade, bilk, display, discover, let out

  8. exposeverb

    expose to light, of photographic film

    Synonyms:
    display, unwrap, let on, bring out, scupper, divulge, give away, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose

  9. debunk, exposeverb

    expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

    "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

    Synonyms:
    display, unwrap, let on, bring out, scupper, divulge, give away, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose

  10. exposeverb

    abandon by leaving out in the open air

    "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"

    Synonyms:
    display, unwrap, let on, bring out, scupper, divulge, give away, endanger, peril, let out, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. exposénoun

    Synonyms:
    divulgement, disclosure, exposure

  2. exposeverb

    Antonyms:
    conceal, suppress, dissemble, hide, veil

    Synonyms:
    exhibit, show, display, uncover, unveil, imperil, endanger, subject, jeopardize, disclose, reveal, unmask, denounce

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ensconce

    Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

How to use expose in a sentence?

  1. Sidney Powell:

    I agree with the campaign's statement that I am not part of the campaign's legal team, i never signed a retainer agreement or sent the President or the campaign a bill for my expenses or fees. My intent has always been to expose all the fraud I could find and let the chips fall where they may -- whether it be upon Republicans or Democrats.

  2. Bill Dawes:

    He was very proud of his body and he would expose himself in front of his guys he was on the road with and other male comics and he would do it kind of as a joke, he would expose himself in front of other women when other guys were in the room with him.

  3. Tom Perez:

    Donald Trump's vision for America is a vision for the top 1% of the 1%, part of what we have to do is expose the fraud of Donald Trump.

  4. Ben Carson on Thursday:

    Why would you be able to find them? What makes you think you would be able to find them, unless I tell you who they are? if they come forward on their own because of your story, that's fine. But I'm not going to expose them.

  5. Gilberto Hinojosa:

    Today is a victory for all Texans. The right to vote is central to our democracy. This ruling means eligible voters can vote by mail during this pandemic. It is time for a few state officers to stop trying to force people to expose themselves to Covid-19 in order to vote.

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