Antonyms for expose
ˌɛk spoʊˈzeɪex·pose

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

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ensconce

   Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

How to use expose in a sentence?

1. Dan Gasby:

   Historically African-Americans have not been wanting to expose things that have to do with mental health or things that may not seem appropriate to talk about, we want to hide it; we don’t want to look weak. We always want to be strong … we wanted to let people know it’s OK to talk about it.

2. Kyle Waide:

   It just allows us to control the inventory much more closely and protect our staff in a way that our food drives would expose them to other kinds of risk.

3. Lawrence Jones:

   They know that with our reports and exposing the poverty and the failure of policies that all these Democrat cities have been doing to many people that look like me... they believe that all black people need to think the same way. They want us to stay on the welfare system so we cant progress in life and Im going to expose it every single day, if they think Im going to stand down because they yelled obscene things to me, they gotanother think coming.

4. Jon Smith:

   I didn't trust him to be honest with me and I wanted to expose his lies and I might need it to keep it for my own record.

5. Paul Carty:

   He insisted he wanted to tell his story, and that is his right, but any time you expose yourself to cross-examination you are exposing yourself to fire. And he got burned.

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