Synonyms for demonstration
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Manifestation — A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march
show, protest, indication, showing, march, exhibition, parade, evidence, proof, spectacle, manifestation dated
2. Presentation
3. Illustration
Other
demo informal, induction, deduction, monstrance
Definitions
- n. 1
A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- n. 2
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- n. 3
The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. A prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
Related words
- Word family
- demo demonstrable demonstrate demonstrator
Forms
- Plural
- demonstrations → shows, protests, indications, showings…
Choose the right word
Moral certainty is a conviction resting on such evidence as puts a matter beyond reasonable doubt, while not so irresistible as demonstration.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- showing Everyone more or less likes showing off in public.
- protest Protest takes ever more creative forms in Tatoeba.
- exhibition The committee picked the site for the exhibition.
- parade The band entertained the spectators at the parade.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| demonstration | falling | |
| showing | falling | |
| protest | steady | |
| exhibition | steady | |
| parade | rising | |
| monstrance | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- show1, demo2
- 5 letters
- march1, proof1
- 6 letters
- parade2
- 7 letters
- showing2, protest2
- 8 letters
- evidence3
- 9 letters
- induction3, spectacle3, deduction3
- 10 letters
- exhibition4, indication4, monstrance
- 11 letters
- elucidation, presentment3
- 12 letters
- presentation4, illustration4
- 13 letters
- manifestation5
- 15 letters
- exemplification
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- démonstration
- Italiano
- dimostrazione
- Español
- demostración
- Català
- demostració