Display
Display verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Return and display are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a verb "Display".
Nearby Words: displayed, displaying
How words are described
| full | full display | full return |
| brief | brief display | brief return |
| original | original display | original return |
| actual | actual display | actual return |
| Other adjectives: entire, real, big, great, shocking, quick, main, animated, spectacular, permanent, dramatic, unexpected, epic, amazing, subsequent, surprising, earlier, awesome, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Some are decent, pulling an Androcles' Lion in return for a Cat's uncharacteristic display of altruism.
Source: The Reptilians -
One notable example is King Cailan, whose corpse has been stripped of its armor and left on magnificently crucified display by the darkspawn in the "Return to Ostagar" DLC.
Source: Dead Guy on Display -
There's a fireworks display going off in the square by the time you return to Chinatown.
Source: Video Game / Hitman: Absolution
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Return and Display. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/display/return
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Return or Display. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/display/return.
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