Synonyms for exposition
Most common
exhibition exhibit revelation expo interpretation explication expounding
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Exhibition
exhibition, show, exhibit, expo, revelation, display, showing, exposure, manifestation
2. Explication
explication, explanation, interpretation, exegesis, elucidation, rationale, reason, comment
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.
- n. 2
The act or process of declaring or describing something through either speech or writing, in nonfiction or in fiction; the portions and aspects of a piece of writing that exist mainly to describe or explain a set of things (such as, in fiction, the setting, characters and other non-plot elements).
This essay has too much exposition in it.
Related words
- Word family
- expo exposit expositive expository explanation
- Is a kind of
- explanation
Forms
- Plural
- expositions → exhibitions, shows, exhibits, expos…
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An exposition undertakes to state more fully what is compactly given or only implied in the text; as, an exposition of Scripture. Definition, explanation, exposition, and interpretation are ordinarily blended in a commentary, which may also include description.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- exhibition The committee picked the site for the exhibition.
- exhibit Tom started to exhibit his supernatural abilities.
- revelation The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
- expo I learned about your portable copier at the Tokyo-Office '97 Expo.
- interpretation His interpretation of this matter is too one-sided.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| exposition | falling | |
| exhibition | steady | |
| exhibit | steady | |
| revelation | rising | |
| expo | rising | |
| interpretation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- show1, fair1, expo2
- 6 letters
- reason2
- 7 letters
- showing2, comment2, display2, exhibit3
- 8 letters
- exposure3, exegesis
- 9 letters
- rationale3
- 10 letters
- exhibition4, revelation4, disclosing3, expounding3
- 11 letters
- explanation4, elucidation, explication4
- 13 letters
- manifestation5
- 14 letters
- interpretation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (expo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- exposition
- Español
- exposición
- Deutsch
- Ausstellung
- Català
- exposició