Dictionary Definition
show
Noun
1 a public exhibition of entertainment; "a
remarkable show of skill"
2 something intended to communicate a particular
impression; "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience";
"a good show of looking interested" [syn: display]
3 a public exhibition or entertainment; "they
wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
4 pretending that something is the case in order
to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that
ceremony is just for show" [syn: appearance]
Verb
1 show or demonstrate something to an interested
audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new
software in Washington" [syn: demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate]
2 establish the validity of something, as by an
example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated
the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, shew] [ant: disprove]
3 provide evidence for; "The blood test showed
that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her
incompetence" [syn: testify, bear
witness, prove,
evidence]
4 make visible or noticeable; "She showed her
talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" [ant: hide]
5 show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene
depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict, render]
7 indicate a place, direction, person, or thing;
either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove
section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated
his opponents" [syn: indicate, point]
8 make clear and visible; "The article revealed
the policies of the government" [syn: reveal, display]
9 be or become visible or noticeable; "His good
upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show" [syn: show up]
10 indicate a certain reading; of gauges and
instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero";
"The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, record]
11 give evidence of, as of records; "The diary
shows his distress that evening"
12 show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters
or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" [syn: usher]
13 finish third or better in a horse or dog race;
"he bet $2 on number six to show" [also: shown]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Alternative forms
- shew (archaic)
Verb
- To display, to have somebody see something.
- To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
Synonyms
- sense display display, indicate, point out, reveal
- sense indicate a fact to be true demonstrate, prove
Derived terms
Translations
display
- Arabic: , (ra’ā)
- Chinese: 展示 (zhǎnshì)
- Croatian: pokazati, demostrirati
- Dutch: tonen, laten zien
- Esperanto: vidigi, montri
- Finnish: näyttää, (indifferently or in a way that annoys the speaker) näytellä; (in an official context) esittää
- French: montrer
- German: zeigen
- Hebrew: להציג , להראות
- Hindi: दिखाना (dikhaana)
- Hungarian: mutat, megmutat
- Italian: mostrare
- Japanese: 見せる, 示す, 表す
- Korean: 가리키다 (garikida)
- Kurdish:
- Marathi: दाखवणे (daakhawaNe)
- Norwegian: vise
- Old English: eowan, tæcan
- Persian: نمایش
- Polish: pokazywać, pokazać
- Portuguese: mostrar, apresentar
- Romanian: arăta
- Russian: показывать (pokázyvat’)
- Spanish: mostrar
- Swedish: visa
indicate (a fact) to be true
- Arabic: ,
- Dutch: aantonen, demonstreren
- Finnish: näyttää, osoittaa
- French: démontrer
- German: zeigen
- Hebrew: להראות
- Italian: dimostrare
- Japanese: 示す
- Kurdish:
- Norwegian: vise
- Persian: (neshân dâdan)
- Polish: pokazywać, pokazać
- Portuguese: demonstrar
- Quechua: aminakoyim
- Romanian: arăta, demonstra
- Spanish: demostrar
- Swedish: visa, demonstrera
- ttbc Breton: diskouez
- ttbc Bulgarian: показвам (pokazvam) (1,2)
- ttbc Chinese: 使被看见 (shǐ bèi kànjiàn)
- ttbc Ido: montrar, indikar (indicate)
- ttbc Indonesian: menunjukkan, mempertunjukkan, menampilkan, memperlihatkan
Noun
- A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- An exhibition of
items.
- art show
- dog show
- art show
- A demonstration.
- show of force
- A broadcast program/programme.
- radio show
- television show
- radio show
- A movie.
- Let's catch a show.
- mere display with no substance
- The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
entertainment
exhibition
- Arabic:
- Croatian: izložba
- Czech: přehlídka, výstava
- Dutch: tentoonstelling, expositie
- Finnish: näyttely, esittely
- Hebrew: מופע
- Italian: mostra
- Japanese: 展示会
- Kurdish:
- Maltese: wirja, essibizjoni
- Romanian: expoziţie
- Russian: выставка
- Spanish: exposición
- Swedish: uppvisning italbrac living objects , utställning
demonstration
- Arabic: ,
- Croatian: demonstracija
- Czech: ukázka , předvedení
- Finnish: näytös, demonstraatio
- German: Demonstration
- Japanese: 誇示
- Romanian: demonstraţie
- Spanish: demostración
- Swedish: demonstration
broadcast program(me)
mere display
- ttbc Bulgarian: шоу (šou) (1), представление (predstavlénie) (2), спектакъл (spektákǎl) (2), изложба (izložba) (3), показване (pokazvane) (4), демонстрация (demonstrátsija) (4)
- ttbc Chinese: 演出 (yǎnchū), 表演 (biǎoyǎn)
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
show- show; a play, dance, or other entertainment.
Extensive Definition
Show can refer to:
- A television program
- A theatrical production
- A movie
- A concert
- A radio program
- A donkey show
- Show (album), a live album by British band The Cure
- Show (fair), an Australian fair
- Show (animal), a judged event in the hobby of animal fancy. See also conformation dog show; cat show
- Dog and pony show, an American idiom
- Mr. Show, a sketch comedy series
- Show Hayami, a Japanese voice actor
- Show Luo, a Taiwanese singer/actor best known for his roles in the adult films "Hi Working Girl" and "Spicy Hot Teacher"
show in Aragonese: Espeutaclo
show in Bulgarian: Шоу
show in Catalan: Espectacle
show in German: Performance
show in Spanish: Espectáculo
show in French: Spectacle
show in Friulian: Spetacul
show in Galician: Espectáculo
show in Italian: Spettacolo
show in Japanese: ショー
show in Neapolitan: Spettacule
show in Norwegian: Show
show in Venetian: Spetacoło
show in Waray (Philippines): Pasundayag
show in Chinese: 表演
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Prospero, Tom show, accompany, accord, account for, acting, advertise, affect, affectation, affectedness, afford, afford proof of, air, airiness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, allege, allegorize, antimasque, apology, apparent character,
appear, appearance, appearances, approve, argue, arise, array, arrive, artificiality, ascertain, attest, attitudinizing, audience
success, authenticate, auto show,
ballet, bare, bazaar, be conspicuous, be
evident, be indicative of, be noticeable, be revealed, be seen, be
significant of, be symptomatic of, be visible, bear out, become
manifest, become visible, benefit, bespeak, bestow, betoken, betray, bill, blazon, blind, blow in, bluff, bluffing, boast, boat show, bomb, brag, brandish, bravura, break, break the seal, breathe, brilliancy, bring forth,
bring forward, bring home to, bring into view, bring out, bring to
light, bring to notice, broadcast drama, broaden the mind,
burlesque show, catechize, certify, chance, characterization,
characterize,
charade, cheating, cinch, cine, cinema, civilize, clarify, clear up, cliff hanger,
clinch, cloak, closet drama, color, coloring, come, come forth, come forward,
come in sight, come out, come to hand, come to light, comedy drama,
commercial complex, conduct, conduct to, confirm, connote, contrast, corroborate, cosmorama, cover, cover story, cover-up,
crack, critical success,
crop out, cyclorama,
dangle, daring, dash, daytime serial, deal in,
debut, deception, decipher, delusion, delusiveness, demonstrate, demonstration, demythologize, denominate, denomination, denotation, denote, depict, designation, determine, develop, device, dialogue, differentiate, differentiation,
diorama, direct, direct to, disclose, disclosure, discover, disguise, dismask, display, disport, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, divulge, documentary drama,
drama, dramalogue, dramatic play,
dramatic series, dramatics, dramatize, draw the veil,
duodrama, duologue, eclat, eclipse, edify, effect, elucidate, embarrass, embody, emerge, emporium, enact, enactment, enlighten, entail, enter, entertainment, epic
theater, escort, establish, etalage, euhemerize, evidence, evince, excuse, exemplify, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism,
experimental theater, explain, explain away, explicate, expo, expose, expose to view, exposit, exposition, exposure, expound, express, expression, exteriors, external
appearance, externals,
extravaganza,
facade, face, fade in, failure, fair, fakery, faking, fallaciousness, false
air, false appearance, false front, false light, false show,
falseness, falsity, fanfare, fanfaronade, farewell
performance, feigned belief, feigning, feint, figure, film, fingering, fix, flair, flash, flaunt, flaunting, flea fair, flea
market, flesh show, flick,
flop, flourish, follow, follow from,
four-flushing, fraud,
front, furnish evidence,
gasser, gaudiness, georama, get, get in, gilt, give away, give evidence,
give indication of, give instruction, give lessons in, give reason
for, give sign, give the meaning, give token, giveaway, glare, gloss, go to show, grandstand, ground, guide, guise, handle, happening, have a case, heave
in sight, highlight,
hint, histrionics, hit, hit show, hold good, hold
water, humbug, humbuggery, hypocrisy, idealization, identification, identify, illuminate, illumine, illusionism, illusionist, illusiveness, illustrate, image, immateriality, impart, imply, imposture, impression, improvisational
drama, incarnate,
indicate, indication, indicativeness, inform, insincerity, instruct, involve, issue, issue forth, lame excuse,
lay bare, lay open, lay out, lead, lead to, legitimate drama,
let daylight in, let out, light show, likeness, locus standi, look
forth, look-in, loom, loom
large, magic, magic act,
magic show, magician,
make clear, make good, make known, make out, make plain, make the
scene, manifest,
manifestation,
mannerism, mark, market, market overt, marketplace, mart, mask, masque, masquerade, materialize, mean, meaning, meet the gaze, melodrama, mere externals,
mere show, meretriciousness,
minstrel show, miracle,
miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play,
mortify, motion picture,
mount, moving picture,
music drama, musical,
musical revue, myriorama, mystery, mystery play, nail
down, naming, note, occasion, offer, open, open market, open the eyes,
open up, opening,
opera, ostensible motive,
ostent, ostentation, out, outcrop, outshine, outward appearance,
outward show, overshadow, pageant, pageantry, panel show,
panoply, panorama, pantomime, parade, pastoral, pastoral drama, peep
out, perform, performance, phantasmagoria, photoplay, picking out,
picture, picture show,
piece, pilot, play, playacting, playlet, plaza, plead, point out to, point the
way, point to, pointing, pointing out,
pointing to, pomp, poor
excuse, popularize,
portray, pose, posing, posture, premiere, present, presentation, presentment, prestidigitation,
pretense, pretension, pretentiousness,
pretext, problem play,
proclaim, produce, production, proffer, project, projection, protestation, prove, prove to be, prove true,
prunes and prisms, psychedelic show, psychodrama, public image,
public motive, put on, put right, put to shame, put-off, put-on,
putting on airs, quiz show, radio drama, raise the curtain,
rationalize,
reach, read, rear its head, record, reeducate, refuge, register, remove all doubt,
represent, representation, retrospective, reveal, review, revue, rialto, ring up, rise, roll out, route, say, school, screen, see, see the light, seeming, selection, sell, semblance, sensational play,
serial, set at rest, set
forth, set out, set right, set straight, settle, settle the matter,
sham, sharpen the wits,
shed light upon, shepherd, shifting scene,
shine, shine out, shine
through, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping plaza, shot, show forth, show how, show
off, show signs of, show the way, show through, show up, showing, showing-off, sight, signalize, signification, signify, simplify, simulacrum, simulation, sitcom, situation comedy,
sketch, skit, sleight of hand, smoke
screen, soap, soap opera,
sociodrama, solve, sorcerer, sorcery, speak for itself, speak
volumes, specification, specious
appearance, speciousness, spectacle, spell out, splash, splurge, sport, spotlight, spread, squeak, stage, stage play, stage
presentation, stage show, staginess, stalking-horse,
stand for, stand forth, stand out, staple, steer, straight drama, stratagem, stream forth,
street market, strike the eye, strip bare, stylishness, submit, substantiate, subterfuge, success, suggest, suggestion, superficiality, supply, surface appearance,
surface show, suspense drama, swagger, swan song, symbolize, symptomaticness,
symptomatize,
symptomize, tableau, tableau vivant, talk
show, teach, teach a
lesson, teach the rudiments, teleplay, television drama,
television play, tell, tend
to show, testify,
theater of cruelty, theatrical performance, theatrics, throw light upon,
time, token, total theater, trade fair,
trick, trot out, tryout, turn up, unactuality, uncloak, uncover, undrape, unfold, unfolding, unfoldment, unfurl, unkennel, unlock, unmask, unnaturalness, unpack, unravel, unreality, unroll, unscreen, unsheathe, unshroud, unsubstantiality,
unveil, unveiling, unwrap, upstage, usher, vain show, variety show,
varnish, varnishing day,
vaudeville, vaunt, vehicle, veil, veneer, verify, vernissage, wave, window dressing,
word-of-mouth success, work