Synonyms for exposé
ˌɛk spoʊˈzeɪex·posé

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 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 WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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, expose

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, expose, 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, expose, 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, expose, 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, expose, 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, expose, 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, expose, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Abandon
   • Photography
   • Ridicule
   • Show
   • Subject

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exposeverb

   Synonyms:
   disclose, uncover, detect, descry, lay open, make bare, show up, bring to light

2. exposeverb

   Synonyms:
   exhibit, hold up to view

3. exposeverb

   Synonyms:
   subject, make liable

4. exposeverb

   Synonyms:
   endanger, jeopardize, put in danger, put in peril

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exposénoun

   Synonyms:
   divulgement, disclosure, exposure

2. exposeverb

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

   Antonyms:
   conceal, suppress, dissemble, hide, veil

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1. List of paraphrases for "expose":

   denounce, reveal, uncover, unmask, presentation, briefing, outline, disclose

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1. Nakeenya Wilson:

   They are like inseparable when they're home together, so there's no way that they would not be interacting with each other in very intimate ways and what he is exposed to could potentially expose her to something that could cause her to get sick.

2. Commander Jonathan White:

   The concerns which I expressed were two : First, that this would be inconsistent with our legal requirement to act in the best interest of the child and would expose children to unnecessary risk of harm. Second, that it would exceed the capacity of the program.

3. Derek Chollet:

   Perhaps Mattis feels as though he has to test the proposition for himself, but I don't hold out much hope that he's going to get anywhere. If anything, he could expose himself as out of step with his boss, if he sends a tough message to the Russians, and they say: 'that's very interesting but your boss doesn't agree,' - then that's going to be an interesting conversation.

4. Janvier Chouteu-Chando:

   Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.”

5. Environmental Protection Olivaldi Azevedo:

   There's no way you can take these people who are at risk and expose them to the virus, there is no choice between one thing and the other. It's an obligation.