Synonyms for exposé
ˌɛk spoʊˈzeɪex·posé

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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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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. Dmitri Trenin:

   Fresh attempts to expose Russian ‘red line’ deterrence as hollow – whether on the ground, in the air, or at sea – would push Moscow to defend what it cannot give up without losing its self-respect, this would almost inevitably lead to clashes and casualties, which would carry the risk of further escalation. Should this happen, Russia-NATO confrontation would deteriorate literally to the point of brinkmanship, a truly bleak scenario.

2. Stephanie Reecy:

   I've been persecuted, i've been accused of passing down or allowing someone to, uh, expose our passwords in our elections office.

3. Ivan Briscoe:

   Its an incredibly dangerous gamble to redouble the offensive against Vladimir Padrino regime when the priority must be to shore up the countrys collapsing health system and prevent an even worse migrant exodus, these U.S. charges could spell doom for any thaw, expose Guaido to grave risks, and appear high-handedly indifferent to the immediate suffering of Venezuelas people.

4. Uriel Lynn:

   Stop wasting so much time and complicating things in making more laws ... and interfering so intensely in the way the business sector functions. Just expose the total industry to importation.

5. Brian Grazer:

   What we're trying to do is expose people to the unique qualities of this band, they were all sort of disparate felons and they found a way to get together and be successful, and they never sold themselves out.