Expose
Expose verb - To reveal the true nature of.
Usage example: a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax
Hide
Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.
Usage example: the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards
How words are described
| big | big expose | big hide |
Common collocations
| heart | expose heart | hide heart |
| people | expose people | hide people |
| body | expose body | hide body |
| truth | expose truth | hide truth |
| Other words: relationship, nature, fact, identity, information, secret, magic, evidence, existence, activities, breasts, secrets, identities. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- It's useful for a lot of different reasons: Maybe to expose the true feelings that other characters have about Bob, now that they feel there's no need to further hide their true emotions.
Source: Premature Eulogy - Only among the humans—who must never know fairies and genies exist—can Zaria hide the spellbook; but hidden magic, it turns out, can expose a fairy in ways she never thought possible.A sequel is out, entitled Indigo Magic.
Source: Literature / Violet Wings - Mystery Woman: In the Shadows had a former spy hide the identity of a mole with this method and subverted it by putting nothing at the end; he didn't know the mole's identity, and the scheme was to get the mole to expose himself.
Source: Linked List Clue Methodology
Cite this Source
Hide and Expose. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expose/hide
Expose & Hide. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expose/hide>.
Hide or Expose. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expose/hide.
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