Bluff and Show

Bluff

Bluff noun - A steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

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Show and bluff are semantically related. in deception topic. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a noun "Bluff", when it comes to topics like boast.

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Show

Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.

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Synonyms for Show

Antonyms for Show

Bluff and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead a noun "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

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How words are described

good	good bluff	good show
similar	similar bluff	similar show
complete	complete bluff	complete show
certain	certain bluff	certain show
Other adjectives: real, successful, great.

Common collocations

ability	bluff ability	show ability
character	bluff character	show character
nature	bluff nature	show nature
someone	bluff someone	show someone
Other words: time, traits.

Both words in one sentence

Or, alternately still, he's calling their bluff to show they wouldn't really "rather die" and thus the workhouse isn't really a Fate Worse Than Death.

Source: Literature / A Christmas Carol
Bluff the Impostor: On the XFM show, they discussed Britney Spears holding a concert at a small gay nightclub in London.

Source: Radio / The Ricky Gervais Show
In Blood of Olympus she called Leo's bluff, saying that a TV show proved Archimedes' Death Ray couldn't have worked.

Source: Literature / The Heroes of Olympus

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Show and Bluff. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bluff/show

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