Expose and Hide

Expose

Expose verb - To reveal the true nature of.
Usage example: a well-researched article that exposes the UFO story as a hoax

Hide is an antonym for expose in topics: reveal, uncover, subject to danger.

Nearby Words: exposure, exposing

Hide

Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.
Usage example: the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards

Expose is an antonym for hide in topics: obscure, conceal.

Nearby Words: hideous, hiding, hideously, hided

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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