Synonyms for display
dɪˈspleɪdis·play

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1. display

   Ostentation is an ambitious showing forth of whatever is thought adapted to win admiration or praise; ostentation may be without words; as, the ostentation of wealth in fine residences, rich clothing, costly equipage, or the like; when in words, ostentation is rather in manner than in direct statement; as, the ostentation of learning. Boasting is in direct statement, and is louder and more vulgar than ostentation. There may be great display or show with little substance; ostentation suggests something substantial to be shown. Pageant, pageantry, parade, and pomp refer principally to affairs of arms or state; as, a royal pageant; a military parade. Pomp is some material demonstration of wealth and power, as in grand and stately ceremonial, rich furnishings, processions, etc., considered as worthy of the person or occasion in whose behalf it is manifested; pomp is the noble side of that which as ostentation is considered as arrogant and vain. Pageant and pageantry are inferior to pomp, denoting spectacular display designed to impress the public mind, and since the multitude is largely ignorant and thoughtless, the words pageant and pageantry have a suggestion of the transient and unsubstantial. Parade (Latin paro, prepare) is an exhibition as of troops in camp going through the evolutions that are to be used in battle, and suggests a lack of earnestness and direct or immediate occasion or demand; hence, in the more general sense, a parade is an uncalled for exhibition, and so used is a more disparaging word than ostentation; ostentation may spring merely from undue self-gratulation, parade implies a desire to impress others with a sense of one's abilities or resources, and is always offensive and somewhat contemptible; as, a parade of wealth or learning. Pomposity and pompousness are the affectation of pomp.

   Synonyms:
   boast, boasting, flourish, ostentation, pageant, pageantry, parade, pomp, pomposity, pompousness, show, vaunt, vaunting

   Antonyms:
   diffidence, modesty, quietness, reserve, retirement, shrinking, timidity, unobtrusiveness

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1. display

   Synonyms:
   show, exhibit, unfold, evidence, evince, flaunt, vault, expose, ostentation, spread out, parade

   Antonyms:
   hide, conceal, dissemble, simulate, suppress, wrap, cloke

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. display, shownoun

   something intended to communicate a particular impression

   "made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested"

   Synonyms:
   appearance, show, presentation, video display, exhibit, showing

2. display, exhibit, showingnoun

   something shown to the public

   "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

   Synonyms:
   exhibit, showing, video display, presentation, screening, show, viewing

3. display, presentationnoun

   a visual representation of something

   Synonyms:
   exhibit, showing, intro, presentment, video display, presentation, demonstration, introduction, show

4. displaynoun

   behavior that makes your feelings public

   "a display of emotion"

   Synonyms:
   show, presentation, video display, exhibit, showing

5. displaynoun

   exhibiting openly in public view

   "a display of courage"

   Synonyms:
   show, presentation, video display, exhibit, showing

6. display, video displayverb

   an electronic device that represents information in visual form

   Synonyms:
   show, presentation, video display, exhibit, showing

7. expose, exhibit, displayverb

   to show, make visible or apparent

   "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

   Synonyms:
   unwrap, let on, bring out, demo, scupper, divulge, march, give away, expose, endanger, peril, parade, let out, present, demonstrate, break, reveal, discover, exhibit, uncover, debunk, disclose, show

8. displayverb

   attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

   Synonyms:
   exhibit, expose

Matched Categories

1. • Communication
   • Court
   • Demonstration
   • Disclosure
   • Representation
   • Show

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1. screen

   a flat panel or area on an electronic device such as a television, computer, or smartphone, on which images and data are displayed.

   a television screen.

   Submitted by JP03 on June 7, 2015  

2. screen

   (same definition)

   my smartphone's display is broken

   Submitted by anonymous on May 14, 2020  

3. unfurling

   make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind.

   "the fisherman was unfurling a sail"

   Submitted by zinfandelblu on January 18, 2024  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. displayverb

   Synonyms:
   expand, unfold, extend, open, spread

2. displayverb

   Synonyms:
   exhibit, show, bring into view, hold up to view, make manifest

3. displayverb

   Synonyms:
   parade, show off

4. displaynoun

   Synonyms:
   exhibition, manifestation, show

5. displaynoun

   Synonyms:
   parade, pomp, pageant, ostentation, flourish

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1. displaynoun

   Synonyms:
   exhibition, parade, ostentation, show

2. displayverb

   Synonyms:
   exhibit, evince, expose, parade, flourish

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1. List of paraphrases for "display":

   screen, show, viewing, visualization, displaying, posting, displayed, displays, visualize, view, unhide, exhibition, presentation, demonstrate, showing, exposure, submission, signage, postings, visualisation, screens, appear, showcase, front-of-screen, demonstration, poster, representation, shows, panel, exhibit, post

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1. Michelle Obama:

   There were tears, there was that emotion. But then to sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display – there was no diversity, there was no color on that stage, there was no reflection of the broader sense of America.

2. Anna Reynolds:

   We often get questions from the public about: Where are the cellars? Where is the wine kept? Where are the queen's hats kept? What happens behind the scenes?, we felt there was a real public interest in showing what we are showing in this display this year.

3. Freddie Mac:

   While mortgage rates have resumed their decline, the market remains hypersensitive to rate movements, with purchase demand experiencing large swings relative to small changes in rates, over the last few weeks latent demand has been on display with buyers jumping in and out of the market as rates move.

4. Jessie Holeva:

   It’s too cute that the faces are customizable to suit every personality from Mickey Mouse for Disney lovers to butterflies as the display. i think the style is equally as important as the functionality and is what sets it apart from other wearable technology.

5. Robert Boessenecker:

   That has already happened, and I have thanked them for their generosity, but explained that because museums serve as a center of research, that any fossil that enters the museum for a long-term period should be owned by the museum, if were going to put it on display, it has to be a fossil that has been donated or otherwise permanently accessioned [added] into our collection.