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Synonyms for display

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

show showing show-off exhibition

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Showing

show, showing, show-off, exhibition, presentation, spectacle, parade, flaunt, scene, air, ostentation, splendor US, splendour UK, exposition, ceremony, manifestation, pageantry, grandeur, pomp, flourish, blazon, pageant, vaunt

Other

airing

Verb

1. Exhibit

exhibit, expose, indicate, reveal, mark, demonstrate, open, unveil, set forth, evidence, evince, manifest, spread, sport, denote, unfurl, suggest, write, unfold, uncover, ostent rare

Other

splay

Antonyms

obscure, shroud, disguise

All antonyms of display →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A show or spectacle.

    The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.

  2. v. 1

    To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

Related words

Phrases
display window display case display model on display display cabinet display tearing distraction display diversionary display

Forms

Plural
displays → shows, showings, show-offs, exhibitions…
Past participle
displayed
e.g. displayed → exhibited, exposed, indicated, revealed…

Choose the right word

Display, Show or Ostentation?

There may be great display or show with little substance; ostentation suggests something substantial to be shown.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • showing Everyone more or less likes showing off in public.
  • exhibition The committee picked the site for the exhibition.
  • presentation We had to make a presentation about the Civil War.
  • spectacle I've already made enough of a spectacle of myself.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
displayrising
showingfalling
exhibitionsteady
presentationsteady
spectaclerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
air1
4 letters
show1, open2, mark1, pomp1
5 letters
scene1, write1, sport1, splay, vaunt
6 letters
spread1, reveal2, parade2, expose2, airing2, unfold2, denote2, unveil2, flaunt1, unfurl2, blazon, evince2, ostent
7 letters
showing2, suggest2, exhibit3, pageant2, uncover3
8 letters
evidence3, ceremony4, indicate3, manifest3, flourish2, grandeur2, splendor2
9 letters
spectacle3, splendour, pageantry3
10 letters
exhibition4, exposition4
11 letters
demonstrate3, ostentation4
12 letters
presentation4
13 letters
manifestation5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
présentoir
Español
expositor
Deutsch
Display