Act
Display
Display noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.
Usage example: a display of sympathy that was totally phony
Act is a synonym for display in spectacle topic. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead the word "Display" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: displayed, displaying
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| nice | nice act | nice display |
| best | best act | best display |
| common | common act | common display |
| original | original act | original display |
| Other adjectives: blatant, brutal, simple, small, actual, entire, real, massive, big, great, main, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Atia and Servilia are socially polite and behave as friends in public and sometimes in private, but they both know it's all an act and a display of power and alternated supremacy.
Source: Series / Rome - Although he was mortally wounded in this display of valor, his act saved 5 men from injury or death.
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It was woefully underpowered and only serves to anger her target, but the act itself was a decent display of power.
Cite this Source
Display and Act. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/display
Act & Display. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/display>.
Display or Act. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/display.
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