Related Words:
- decipher
collapse - read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" related words >
- account for,
- allegorize,
- analyze,
- answer,
- bottom,
- break,
- break down,
- cipher,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- crack,
- cryptanalyze,
- debug,
- decode,
- decrypt,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- disentangle,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- get,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- make clear,
- make out,
- make plain,
- open the lock,
- paraphrase,
- plumb,
- popularize,
- psych,
- psych out,
- puzzle out,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- read,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- translate,
- undo,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- work,
- work out
- rob
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- take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" related words >
- bereave,
- cheat,
- commit robbery,
- defraud,
- despoil,
- disinherit,
- dispossess,
- divest,
- filch,
- heist,
- hijack,
- hold up,
- hustle,
- knock off,
- knock over,
- lift,
- loot,
- lose,
- mug,
- oust,
- pilfer,
- pillage,
- plunder,
- purloin,
- ransack,
- ravage,
- relieve,
- rifle,
- rip off,
- roll,
- sack,
- steal,
- stick up,
- strong-arm,
- swindle,
- thieve
- exemplify
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- clarify by giving an example of
- be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" related words >
- absolve,
- account for,
- adumbrate,
- allegorize,
- body forth,
- call to mind,
- cite,
- cite a particular,
- clarify,
- clear up,
- crack,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- depict,
- discharge,
- dispense,
- display,
- document,
- elucidate,
- emblematize,
- embody,
- enlighten,
- epitomize,
- euhemerize,
- example,
- except,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exhibit,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- figure,
- fit the pattern,
- foreshadow,
- free,
- give a for-instance,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- image,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- instance,
- itemize,
- lead the way,
- let off,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- mirror,
- model,
- name,
- particularize,
- personate,
- personify,
- popularize,
- prefigure,
- pretypify,
- project,
- quote,
- rationalize,
- realize,
- reflect,
- relieve,
- represent,
- set an example,
- set the pace,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spare,
- spell out,
- symbolize,
- throw light upon,
- typify,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel
- signalize
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- make conspicuous or noteworthy
- point out carefully and clearly
- provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection" related words >
- adorn,
- approve,
- argue,
- attest,
- beat the drum,
- bespeak,
- bestow honor upon,
- betoken,
- blow the trumpet,
- breathe,
- celebrate,
- commemorate,
- confer distinction on,
- connote,
- demonstrate,
- denote,
- dignify,
- dip,
- display,
- distinguish,
- dress ship,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exchange colors,
- exhibit,
- express,
- fire a salute,
- flag,
- flag down,
- flash,
- furnish evidence,
- gesture,
- give a signal,
- give indication of,
- give the nod,
- glance,
- go to show,
- grace,
- hail,
- hail and speak,
- half-mast,
- hallow,
- hoist a banner,
- hold jubilee,
- honor,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- indicate,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- involve,
- jubilate,
- jubilize,
- keep,
- kick,
- leer,
- maffick,
- make a sign,
- make merry,
- manifest,
- mark,
- memorialize,
- motion,
- nod,
- nudge,
- observe,
- point to,
- poke,
- qualify,
- raise a cry,
- salute,
- set forth,
- show,
- show signs of,
- sign,
- signal,
- signify,
- solemnize,
- solemnly mark,
- sound a fanfare,
- sound an alarm,
- sound the trumpet,
- speak,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- suggest,
- symptomatize,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- touch,
- unfurl a flag,
- wave,
- wave a flag,
- wave the hand,
- wink
- transpire
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- give off (water) through the skin
- come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"
- come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
- exude water vapor; "plants transpire"
- pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas related words >
- appear,
- arise,
- be found,
- be met with,
- be realized,
- be revealed,
- become known,
- befall,
- betide,
- bleed,
- break,
- break forth,
- chance,
- come,
- come about,
- come down,
- come off,
- come out,
- come to light,
- come to pass,
- come true,
- develop,
- discharge,
- effuse,
- emit,
- eventuate,
- excrete,
- exfiltrate,
- extravasate,
- exudate,
- exude,
- fall,
- fall out,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- get out,
- give off,
- go,
- go off,
- hap,
- happen,
- leach,
- leak,
- leak out,
- lixiviate,
- manifest itself,
- materialize,
- occur,
- ooze,
- out,
- pass,
- pass off,
- percolate,
- reek,
- result,
- seep,
- show its colors,
- show its face,
- stand revealed,
- strain,
- take place,
- transude,
- turn out,
- weep
- roadhouse
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- an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling related words >
- amusement park,
- ballroom,
- boardinghouse,
- cabaret,
- cafe chantant,
- cafe dansant,
- casino,
- dance floor,
- dance hall,
- dancing pavilion,
- dorm,
- dormitory,
- doss house,
- entertainment industry,
- fleabag,
- flophouse,
- fun-fair,
- guest house,
- hospice,
- hostel,
- hostelry,
- hotel,
- inn,
- juke joint,
- lodge,
- lodging house,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- nitery,
- ordinary,
- pension,
- posada,
- pub,
- public,
- public house,
- resort,
- rooming house,
- show biz,
- show business,
- tavern,
- theater
- lurk
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- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner related words >
- beat back,
- bow out,
- brush off,
- bundle,
- bundle off,
- chase,
- chase away,
- chase off,
- cut,
- dismiss,
- drive away,
- drive back,
- fend off,
- give the air,
- give the gate,
- hold off,
- hustle out,
- keep off,
- push back,
- put back,
- rebuff,
- refuse,
- repel,
- repulse,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- show the door,
- show the gate,
- snub,
- spurn,
- thrust back,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- turn off,
- ward off
- indicate
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- 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"
- to state or express briefly; "indicated his wishes in a letter"
- suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" related words >
- adumbrate,
- affect,
- allude to,
- approve,
- argue,
- assign,
- attest,
- augur,
- be construed as,
- be indicative of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- call attention to,
- call for,
- characterize,
- connote,
- dangle,
- demand,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- designate,
- determine,
- develop,
- differentiate,
- direct attention to,
- disclose,
- display,
- divine,
- divulge,
- dramatize,
- drop a hint,
- embody,
- enact,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- fix,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- foretoken,
- furnish evidence,
- give a hint,
- give evidence,
- give indication of,
- give sign,
- give the cue,
- give token,
- glance at,
- go to show,
- highlight,
- hint,
- hint at,
- identify,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- import,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- insinuate,
- intimate,
- involve,
- make clear,
- make known,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- mark,
- materialize,
- mean,
- mention,
- name,
- need,
- note,
- parade,
- perform,
- pick out,
- pin down,
- point out,
- point to,
- prefigure,
- preindicate,
- present,
- presign,
- presignal,
- presignify,
- pretypify,
- produce,
- prompt,
- recommend,
- refer to,
- register,
- represent,
- require,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- say,
- select,
- set,
- set forth,
- show,
- show forth,
- show signs of,
- signalize,
- signify,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- specialize,
- specify,
- spell,
- spotlight,
- stand for,
- state,
- stipulate,
- suggest,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- testify,
- token,
- trot out,
- typify,
- unfold,
- wave
- Arica movement,
- Erhard Seminars Training,
- Grand Guignol,
- New Consciousness,
- Passion play,
- Pentothal interview,
- SAT,
- T-group,
- Tom show,
- abreaction,
- acting-out,
- antimasque,
- assertiveness training,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- behavior modification,
- behavior therapy,
- bioenergetics,
- biofeedback,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- catharsis,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- confrontation therapy,
- conjoint therapy,
- consciousness raising,
- counseling,
- critical success,
- daytime serial,
- dialogue,
- directive therapy,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- emotional release,
- encounter therapy,
- epic theater,
- est,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- family training,
- feminist therapy,
- flop,
- gasser,
- gestalt therapy,
- giveaway,
- group psychotherapy,
- group relations training,
- group sensitivity training,
- group therapy,
- happening,
- hit,
- hit show,
- humanistic therapy,
- hypnoanalysis,
- hypnosis,
- hypnotherapy,
- hypnotism,
- improvisational drama,
- legitimate drama,
- marathon,
- marriage encounter,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- mind cure,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- motor abreaction,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- narcoanalysis,
- narcohypnosis,
- narcosynthesis,
- narcotherapy,
- nondirective therapy,
- occupational therapy,
- opera,
- outlet,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- pastoral,
- pastoral counseling,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- play therapy,
- playlet,
- primal therapy,
- problem play,
- prolonged narcosis,
- psychocatharsis,
- psychological counseling,
- psychosurgery,
- psychosynthesis,
- psychotherapeutics,
- psychotherapy,
- purgation,
- quiz show,
- radical therapy,
- radio drama,
- rational-emotive therapy,
- reality therapy,
- recreational therapy,
- regression therapy,
- release therapy,
- review,
- revue,
- scream therapy,
- sensational play,
- sensitivity training,
- sensory awareness training,
- serial,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- sleep treatment,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- success,
- supportive therapy,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk show,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- total theater,
- training group,
- transactional analysis,
- transcendental meditation,
- transpersonal therapy,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- vocational therapy,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
- clarify
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- make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"
- make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death" related words >
- account for,
- allegorize,
- analyze,
- bolt,
- break down,
- clean,
- cleanse,
- clear,
- clear up,
- crack,
- decipher,
- decrassify,
- define,
- delineate,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- depurate,
- disembroil,
- disentangle,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- distill,
- edulcorate,
- elucidate,
- elute,
- enlighten,
- essentialize,
- euhemerize,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- extract,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- formulate,
- get across,
- get over,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- leach,
- lixiviate,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- percolate,
- popularize,
- purify,
- put across,
- put over,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- rectify,
- refine,
- screen,
- separate,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- sieve,
- sift,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- spiritualize,
- straighten out,
- strain,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- throw light upon,
- try,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- unfold,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- vulgarize,
- winnow
- beat it,
- blow,
- bow out,
- depart,
- disappear,
- dog it,
- duck and run,
- escape,
- exit,
- go on furlough,
- go on leave,
- lam,
- leave the scene,
- mooch off,
- scram,
- skin out,
- skulk away,
- slide off,
- slink off,
- slip away,
- slip off,
- slip out,
- slip out of,
- slither off,
- sneak off,
- sneak out,
- split,
- steal away,
- take a powder,
- take leave,
- vamoose
- bow out
collapse
- retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" related words >
- abandon,
- abscond,
- beat a retreat,
- bundle,
- bundle off,
- depart,
- disappear,
- dismiss,
- duck out,
- egress,
- escape,
- evacuate,
- exit,
- get out,
- give the air,
- give the gate,
- go on furlough,
- go on leave,
- go out,
- hustle out,
- leave the scene,
- make an exit,
- march out,
- pack off,
- pass out,
- quit,
- remove,
- retire,
- retreat,
- run out,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- show the door,
- show the gate,
- slip away,
- slip off,
- slip out,
- sneak out,
- take leave,
- turn away,
- turn off,
- vacate,
- vanish,
- walk out,
- withdraw
- account for,
- affect,
- aid,
- allegorize,
- betoken,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- clarify,
- clear the way,
- clear up,
- crack,
- dangle,
- decipher,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- develop,
- disclose,
- display,
- divulge,
- dramatize,
- ease,
- elucidate,
- embody,
- enact,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exemplify,
- exhibit,
- expedite,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- expose to view,
- exposit,
- expound,
- express,
- facilitate,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- get across,
- get over,
- give reason for,
- give sign,
- give the meaning,
- give token,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- hasten,
- help along,
- highlight,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- make it clear,
- make plain,
- make way for,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- oil,
- open the way,
- open up,
- parade,
- pave the way,
- perform,
- popularize,
- prepare the way,
- present,
- produce,
- put across,
- put over,
- quicken,
- rationalize,
- remove friction,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- run interference for,
- set forth,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show forth,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- solve,
- speed,
- spell out,
- spotlight,
- throw light upon,
- token,
- trot out,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- unfold,
- unjam,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- vulgarize,
- wave
- address to,
- advert,
- advert to,
- allude,
- allude to,
- assign,
- be taken as,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- bring up,
- call attention to,
- cite,
- conduct to,
- denominate,
- denote,
- designate,
- determine,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- emblematize,
- figure,
- finger,
- fix,
- focus on,
- indicate,
- lead to,
- mark,
- mention,
- name,
- pick out,
- pin down,
- point at,
- point out to,
- point the way,
- point to,
- put right,
- refer to,
- select,
- set,
- set right,
- set straight,
- show,
- show the way,
- signify,
- specialize,
- specify,
- stand for,
- state,
- steer,
- stigmatize,
- stipulate,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- touch on,
- typify
- acquisition,
- appropriation,
- boosting,
- burglary,
- caper,
- claiming,
- embezzlement,
- filch,
- filching,
- grab,
- heist,
- hijacking,
- job,
- larceny,
- lift,
- lifting,
- pilferage,
- pilfering,
- pinch,
- pinching,
- possession,
- purloining,
- reception,
- rip-off,
- robbery,
- robbing,
- score,
- shoplifting,
- snitching,
- steal,
- stealage,
- stealing,
- swiping,
- taking,
- taking away,
- taking possession,
- thievery,
- thieving,
- touch
- Prospero,
- airiness,
- appearance,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- bag of tricks,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- catch,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- conjuration,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- delusiveness,
- design,
- device,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dodge,
- escamotage,
- fallaciousness,
- false appearance,
- false light,
- false show,
- falseness,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- gambit,
- gimmick,
- googly,
- hanky-panky,
- hocus-pocus,
- hokey-pokey,
- idealization,
- illusionism,
- illusionist,
- illusiveness,
- immateriality,
- jiggery-pokery,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- juggling,
- legerdemain,
- magic,
- magic act,
- magic show,
- magician,
- monkey business,
- mumbo jumbo,
- pass,
- ploy,
- prestidigitation,
- ruse,
- scheme,
- scurvy trick,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- shift,
- show,
- simulacrum,
- sleight,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- sorcerer,
- sorcery,
- specious appearance,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trick,
- trickery,
- unactuality,
- unreality,
- unsubstantiality,
- wile
- movie
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- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" related words >
- 3-D,
- Cinemascope,
- Cinerama,
- Technicolor,
- Western,
- actor-proof,
- all-star,
- animated cartoon,
- ballet,
- balletic,
- black-and-white film,
- cartoon,
- chiller,
- cine,
- cinema,
- cinematic,
- cinematographic,
- cinematography,
- color film,
- creepie,
- documentary,
- documentary film,
- dramatic,
- dramatical,
- dramaturgic,
- educational film,
- feature,
- film,
- filmic,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flicks,
- ham,
- hammy,
- histrionic,
- horror picture,
- horse opera,
- legitimate,
- melodramatic,
- milked,
- monodramatic,
- motion picture,
- motion-picture show,
- movies,
- moving picture,
- newsreel,
- nudie,
- operatic,
- overacted,
- overplayed,
- photodrama,
- photoplay,
- picture,
- picture show,
- pornographic film,
- preview,
- scenic,
- short,
- show,
- silent,
- silent film,
- silver screen,
- skin flick,
- sneak preview,
- spaghetti Western,
- spectacular,
- stagelike,
- stageworthy,
- stagy,
- starstruck,
- stellar,
- talkie,
- talking picture,
- theaterlike,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- thriller,
- thrown away,
- trailer,
- underacted,
- underground film,
- underplayed,
- vaudevillian
- account for,
- accredit with,
- accrete to,
- acknowledge,
- address to,
- advert to,
- aim,
- aim at,
- allude to,
- apply to,
- approve,
- argue,
- ascribe to,
- assign to,
- attach to,
- attest,
- attribute to,
- augur,
- be taken as,
- bend,
- bend to,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- bias,
- blame,
- blame for,
- blame on,
- breathe,
- bring home to,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- call attention to,
- charge on,
- charge to,
- cite,
- conduce,
- confess,
- connect with,
- connote,
- contribute,
- credit with,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- designate,
- determine,
- direct,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- directionize,
- display,
- dispose,
- divine,
- emblematize,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- express,
- fasten upon,
- father upon,
- figure,
- finger,
- fix,
- fix on,
- fix upon,
- focus on,
- foretoken,
- furnish evidence,
- give indication of,
- go,
- go to show,
- hang on,
- have a tendency,
- head,
- hint,
- hold on,
- illustrate,
- imply,
- impute to,
- incline,
- indicate,
- involve,
- lay to,
- lead,
- lean,
- level at,
- look to,
- manifest,
- mark,
- mean,
- mention,
- name,
- pick out,
- pin on,
- pinpoint,
- place upon,
- point,
- point at,
- point out,
- prefigure,
- preindicate,
- present,
- presign,
- presignal,
- presignify,
- pretypify,
- redound to,
- refer to,
- saddle on,
- saddle with,
- select,
- serve,
- set,
- set down to,
- set forth,
- set toward,
- settle upon,
- show,
- show a tendency,
- show signs of,
- sight on,
- signalize,
- signify,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- specify,
- spell,
- stand for,
- stigmatize,
- suggest,
- symbol,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- tell,
- tend,
- tend to show,
- token,
- touch on,
- train,
- train upon,
- trend,
- turn,
- turn upon,
- typify,
- verge,
- warp,
- work toward
- unreality
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- the quality possessed by something that is unreal
- the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact related words >
- Prospero,
- absence,
- airiness,
- appearance,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- bodilessness,
- delusiveness,
- deprivation,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- dreamery,
- emptiness,
- ethereality,
- fallaciousness,
- false appearance,
- false light,
- false show,
- falseness,
- flight of fancy,
- flimsiness,
- ideal,
- idealism,
- ideality,
- idealization,
- illusionism,
- illusionist,
- illusiveness,
- imaginative exercise,
- immateriality,
- impalpability,
- imponderability,
- impracticality,
- incorporeality,
- insubstantiality,
- intangibility,
- magic,
- magic act,
- magic show,
- magician,
- mistiness,
- negation,
- negativeness,
- negativity,
- nihility,
- nonbeing,
- nonentity,
- nonexistence,
- nonoccurrence,
- nonreality,
- nonsubsistence,
- not-being,
- nothingness,
- nullity,
- play of fancy,
- prestidigitation,
- quixotism,
- quixotry,
- romance,
- romanticism,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- show,
- simulacrum,
- sleight of hand,
- sorcerer,
- sorcery,
- specious appearance,
- subtility,
- subtlety,
- tenuity,
- tenuousness,
- unactuality,
- unconcreteness,
- unpracticalness,
- unrealism,
- unsolidity,
- unsubstantiality,
- unsubstantialness,
- utopianism,
- vacancy,
- vacuity,
- vacuum,
- vagueness,
- visionariness,
- void,
- wish fulfillment,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking
- bare,
- break the seal,
- bring to light,
- clear,
- deobstruct,
- develop,
- disclose,
- discover,
- dismask,
- draw the veil,
- expose,
- free,
- impart,
- lay bare,
- lay open,
- let daylight in,
- let out,
- manifest,
- open,
- open up,
- patefy,
- raise the curtain,
- reveal,
- show,
- show up,
- strip bare,
- unblock,
- uncase,
- unclench,
- uncloak,
- unclog,
- unclutch,
- uncoil,
- uncork,
- uncover,
- uncurtain,
- undo,
- undrape,
- unfold,
- unfoul,
- unfurl,
- unkennel,
- unlatch,
- unlock,
- unmask,
- unpack,
- unplug,
- unreel,
- unscreen,
- unseal,
- unsheathe,
- unshroud,
- unshut,
- unstop,
- unveil,
- unwind,
- unwrap
- Broadway musical,
- Singspiel,
- ballad opera,
- ballet,
- ballet divertissement,
- chorus show,
- comedy ballet,
- comic opera,
- dance drama,
- grand opera,
- lyric drama,
- minstrel,
- minstrel show,
- music drama,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- musical stage,
- musical theater,
- opera,
- opera ballet,
- opera bouffe,
- opera buffa,
- operetta,
- song-and-dance act,
- song-play
- operetta
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- a short amusing opera related words >
- Broadway musical,
- Singspiel,
- ballad opera,
- ballet,
- ballet divertissement,
- chorus show,
- comedy ballet,
- comic opera,
- dance drama,
- grand opera,
- light opera,
- lyric drama,
- minstrel,
- minstrel show,
- music drama,
- musical,
- musical comedy,
- musical stage,
- musical theater,
- opera,
- opera ballet,
- opera bouffe,
- opera buffa,
- song-and-dance act,
- song-play
- bundle off
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- send off unceremoniously related words >
- bow out,
- bundle,
- dismiss,
- float,
- give a start,
- give the air,
- give the gate,
- hustle out,
- kick off,
- launch,
- pack off,
- put in motion,
- send,
- send away,
- send forth,
- send off,
- send packing,
- set afloat,
- set agoing,
- set going,
- set in motion,
- set on foot,
- show the door,
- show the gate,
- start,
- start going,
- start off,
- start up,
- turn away,
- turn off
- pretext
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- something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason related words >
- acting,
- affectation,
- alibi,
- allege,
- alternative,
- appearance,
- attitudinizing,
- avow,
- bluff,
- bluffing,
- camouflage,
- cheating,
- choice,
- claim,
- cloak,
- color,
- coloring,
- cover,
- cover story,
- deception,
- delusion,
- disguise,
- dissemblance,
- dissembling,
- dissimulation,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- excuse,
- explanation,
- facade,
- face,
- fakery,
- faking,
- false air,
- false front,
- false show,
- falsity,
- feigning,
- feint,
- four-flushing,
- fraud,
- front,
- gilt,
- gloss,
- guise,
- humbug,
- humbuggery,
- imposture,
- loophole,
- masquerade,
- meretriciousness,
- ostentation,
- outward show,
- playacting,
- plea,
- pose,
- posing,
- posture,
- pretend,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- profess,
- protest too much,
- purport,
- rational ground,
- rationale,
- rationalization,
- reason,
- reason for,
- reason why,
- red herring,
- representation,
- right,
- ruse,
- saving clause,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- sham,
- show,
- simulacrum,
- simulation,
- speciousness,
- stated cause,
- the big idea,
- the idea,
- the whatfor,
- the wherefore,
- the why,
- underlying reason,
- varnish,
- veil,
- way of escape,
- way out,
- window dressing
- accost,
- advance,
- appear,
- approach,
- appropinquate,
- approximate,
- arise,
- attract attention,
- bear down on,
- bear down upon,
- bear up,
- become manifest,
- become visible,
- close,
- close in,
- close with,
- come,
- come closer,
- come forth,
- come in sight,
- come near,
- come on,
- come out,
- come to hand,
- come to light,
- come up,
- confront,
- crop out,
- draw near,
- draw nigh,
- emerge,
- encounter,
- enter,
- fade in,
- gain upon,
- heave in sight,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- look forth,
- loom,
- materialize,
- narrow the gap,
- near,
- need no prodding,
- outcrop,
- peep out,
- proximate,
- rear its head,
- rise,
- see the light,
- show,
- show up,
- sidle up to,
- step forward,
- step up,
- stream forth,
- strike the eye,
- take center stage,
- turn up,
- volunteer
- Broadway,
- actionable,
- applicable,
- authorized,
- burlesque,
- carnival,
- circus,
- competent,
- constitutional,
- drama,
- entertainment industry,
- judicial,
- juridical,
- just,
- justiciable,
- kosher,
- lawful,
- lawmaking,
- legal,
- legislative,
- legitimate,
- legitimate stage,
- licit,
- off Broadway,
- off-off-Broadway,
- playland,
- repertory drama,
- rightful,
- sanctioned,
- show biz,
- show business,
- stage world,
- stagedom,
- stageland,
- statutory,
- stock,
- strawhat,
- strawhat circuit,
- summer stock,
- the boards,
- the footlights,
- the scenes,
- the stage,
- the theater,
- theater world,
- theatromania,
- theatrophobia,
- valid,
- variety,
- vaudeville,
- within the law
- slip away
collapse
- leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" related words >
- bow out,
- creep out of,
- depart,
- disappear,
- duck out,
- escape,
- exit,
- find a loophole,
- go on furlough,
- go on leave,
- leave the scene,
- mooch off,
- shuffle out of,
- skulk away,
- slide off,
- slide out of,
- slink off,
- slip off,
- slip out,
- slip out of,
- slip through,
- slither off,
- sneak off,
- sneak out,
- sneak out of,
- sneak through,
- squirm out of,
- steal away,
- take leave,
- worm out of,
- wriggle out of
- arrive
collapse
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
- succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" related words >
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- achieve success,
- advance,
- appear,
- approach,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- attain,
- attain to,
- be a success,
- be received,
- blow in,
- bob up,
- break through,
- check in,
- clock in,
- come,
- come in,
- come on,
- come through,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- cut a swath,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- find,
- flourish,
- gain,
- get,
- get ahead,
- get in,
- get on,
- get there,
- get to,
- go,
- go far,
- go places,
- have it made,
- hit,
- hit town,
- make,
- make a breakthrough,
- make a success,
- make good,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- make the scene,
- pop up,
- progress,
- prosper,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- reach,
- ring in,
- rise,
- roll in,
- score,
- show,
- show up,
- sign in,
- succeed,
- thrive,
- time in,
- turn up
- abstract,
- and,
- annex,
- appropriate,
- bag,
- boost,
- borrow,
- breeze,
- carry by storm,
- cop,
- crib,
- defraud,
- embezzle,
- extort,
- filch,
- hook,
- lift,
- make off with,
- nip,
- palm,
- pilfer,
- pinch,
- poach,
- purloin,
- romp home,
- run away with,
- rustle,
- scrounge,
- shoplift,
- snare,
- snatch,
- snitch,
- steal,
- swindle,
- swipe,
- take,
- take by storm,
- thieve,
- walk over,
- waltz off with,
- win going away,
- win hands down
- admonish,
- amend,
- awaken,
- break the spell,
- bring to book,
- burst the bubble,
- call to account,
- chastise,
- chide,
- compensate,
- conduct to,
- correct,
- debunk,
- direct to,
- disabuse,
- disappoint,
- disenchant,
- disentangle,
- disillude,
- disillusion,
- disillusionize,
- emend,
- enlighten,
- expose,
- extend,
- flatten,
- give satisfaction,
- have words with,
- lead to,
- lecture,
- let down easy,
- let in on,
- make all square,
- make good,
- make right,
- new-model,
- objurgate,
- pay reparations,
- point out to,
- point the way,
- prick the bubble,
- put right,
- put straight,
- put to rights,
- rate,
- re-form,
- rebuke,
- reclaim,
- recompense,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- redress,
- refashion,
- reform,
- regenerate,
- remedy,
- remodel,
- remunerate,
- renew,
- reprehend,
- reprimand,
- reprove,
- requite,
- reshape,
- restore self-respect,
- right,
- scold,
- set down,
- set right,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- show,
- show the way,
- show up,
- sit up,
- smooth,
- spank,
- stand up,
- steer,
- straighten,
- straighten out,
- straighten up,
- take down,
- take to task,
- tell the truth,
- unbend,
- unblindfold,
- uncharm,
- uncurl,
- undeceive,
- unkink,
- unsnarl,
- unspell,
- upbraid,
- wake up
- Bowery,
- Chinatown,
- East End,
- East Side,
- Little Hungary,
- Little Italy,
- West End,
- West Side,
- art center,
- auto show,
- barrio,
- bazaar,
- black ghetto,
- blighted area,
- boat show,
- business district,
- capital,
- central city,
- city center,
- commercial complex,
- core,
- downtown,
- emporium,
- exposition,
- fair,
- flea fair,
- flea market,
- garment center,
- ghetto,
- greenbelt,
- inner city,
- manufacturing center,
- market,
- market overt,
- marketplace,
- mart,
- medical center,
- metropolis,
- midtown,
- open market,
- outskirts,
- plaza,
- railroad center,
- red-light district,
- residential district,
- rialto,
- run-down neighborhood,
- shipping center,
- shopping mall,
- shopping plaza,
- show,
- skid road,
- skid row,
- slum,
- slums,
- staple,
- street market,
- suburbia,
- suburbs,
- tenderloin,
- tenement district,
- tourist center,
- trade center,
- trade fair,
- uptown,
- urban blight,
- urban center
- hypocrisy
collapse
- insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
- an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction related words >
- Pecksniffery,
- Pharisaism,
- Tartuffery,
- Tartuffism,
- affectation,
- affectedness,
- airs,
- airs and graces,
- artfulness,
- artificiality,
- cant,
- casuistry,
- charlatanism,
- charlatanry,
- chicanery,
- craft,
- cunning,
- deceit,
- deceitfulness,
- deception,
- double-dealing,
- duplicity,
- empty gesture,
- facade,
- fakery,
- false front,
- false piety,
- false show,
- falseheartedness,
- falseness,
- feigned belief,
- front,
- furtiveness,
- glibness,
- goody-goodiness,
- guile,
- humbug,
- hypocriticalness,
- image,
- indirection,
- insidiousness,
- insincerity,
- lip service,
- lying,
- mannerism,
- mealymouthedness,
- mendacity,
- mere show,
- mouthing,
- mummery,
- oiliness,
- ostentatious devotion,
- pecksniffery,
- pharisaicalness,
- pharisaism,
- pietism,
- pietisticalness,
- piety,
- piousness,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- prunes and prisms,
- public image,
- put-on,
- putting on airs,
- quackery,
- religionism,
- religiosity,
- sanctimoniousness,
- sanctimony,
- self-righteousness,
- sham,
- shiftiness,
- show,
- sneak attack,
- sneakiness,
- snivel,
- snuffle,
- snuffling,
- soft soap,
- stylishness,
- surreptitiousness,
- sweet talk,
- tokenism,
- treacherousness,
- two-facedness,
- unction,
- unctuousness,
- underhandedness,
- unnaturalness
- sketch
collapse
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
- short descriptive summary (of events)
- a brief literary description
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
- make a sketch of; "sketch the building" related words >
- Grand Guignol,
- Passion play,
- Tom show,
- abbreviation,
- abbreviature,
- abrege,
- abridge,
- abridgment,
- abstract,
- act,
- act as foil,
- adumbrate,
- afterpiece,
- antimasque,
- appear,
- article,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- barnstorm,
- bit,
- black and white,
- block in,
- block out,
- blueprint,
- bomb,
- brief,
- bring to life,
- broadcast drama,
- brouillon,
- burlesque show,
- cameo,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- cartoon,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- causerie,
- chalk,
- chalk out,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- characterize,
- charade,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chart,
- chaser,
- chiaroscuro,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- color,
- come out,
- comedy drama,
- compend,
- condensation,
- condense,
- condensed version,
- conspectus,
- copy,
- crayon,
- critical success,
- crosshatch,
- curtain,
- curtain call,
- curtain raiser,
- dash off,
- daub,
- daytime serial,
- delineate,
- delineation,
- depict,
- depiction,
- descant,
- describe,
- description,
- design,
- detail,
- details,
- develop,
- diagram,
- dialogue,
- digest,
- discourse,
- discussion,
- disquisition,
- dissertation,
- divertimento,
- divertissement,
- documentary drama,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- draw,
- drawing,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- ebauche,
- elevation,
- emote,
- emotionalize,
- epic theater,
- epilogue,
- epitome,
- esquisse,
- essay,
- etude,
- evocation,
- evoke,
- examination,
- excursus,
- exode,
- exodus,
- experimental theater,
- exposition,
- expository scene,
- express,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- feature,
- figure,
- finale,
- first approach,
- flop,
- gasser,
- get top billing,
- give words to,
- giveaway,
- graph,
- graphic account,
- ground plan,
- happening,
- hatch,
- head,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hoke act,
- homily,
- house plan,
- ichnography,
- image,
- imagery,
- impression,
- improvisational drama,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- introduction,
- introductory study,
- itemization,
- lay,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- legitimate drama,
- limn,
- limning,
- line,
- line drawing,
- lucubration,
- map,
- map out,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- memoir,
- mime,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monograph,
- monologue,
- morality,
- morality play,
- morceau,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- note,
- number,
- nutshell,
- opera,
- outline,
- overview,
- pageant,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- pandect,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- particularization,
- pastel,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- patter,
- pattern,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil,
- pencil drawing,
- perform,
- photograph,
- picture,
- picturize,
- piece,
- play,
- play the lead,
- playact,
- playlet,
- plot,
- plot out,
- portrait,
- portraiture,
- portray,
- portrayal,
- precis,
- preliminary study,
- problem play,
- profile,
- projection,
- prolegomenon,
- prologue,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- register,
- render,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- represent,
- representation,
- research paper,
- review,
- revue,
- rough,
- rough copy,
- rough draft,
- rough in,
- rough out,
- rough outline,
- routine,
- rubric,
- scene,
- scratch,
- screed,
- scumble,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- set forth,
- set out,
- shade,
- shorten,
- shortened version,
- show,
- shtick,
- silhouette,
- silver-print drawing,
- sinopia,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- skeleton,
- sketch out,
- skit,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- song and dance,
- special article,
- specification,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- stand-up comedy act,
- star,
- steal the show,
- stencil,
- stooge,
- straight drama,
- striptease,
- study,
- success,
- summarize,
- survey,
- suspense drama,
- syllabus,
- synopsis,
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