Hide and Show

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Hide

Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.
Usage example: the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards
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Show is an antonym for hide in topics: obscure, conceal.
Nearby Words: hideous, hiding, hideously, hided

Show

Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
Usage example: fishing for compliments, the neighbors showed their new SUV to everyone on the block
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Hide is an antonym for show in topics: express, grant, make, accompany, actively exhibit something.
Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown
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How words are described

full full hide full show
best best hide best show
similar similar hide similar show
normal normal hide normal show
Other adjectives: original, entire, little, political, late, former, final, latter.

Common collocations

love hide love show love
attraction hide attraction show attraction
body hide body show body
name hide name show name
Other words: nature, appearance, time, face, contempt, side, evidence, feelings, emotions, faces.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Putt-Putt Damn You, Muscle Memory: Pep's Birthday Surprise changed the "skip cutscenes" key from Escape to Enter (with Escape now functioning as an additional way to show or hide the Main Menu Bar), leaving many unaware it was possible to skip cutscenes.
    Source: Video Game / Putt-Putt
  • Gross-Out Show One particular show, "The John Waters Celebrity Perversion Hour," made John Taylor hide behind the sofa like the Daleks were coming.
    Source: Gross-Out Show
  • Minored in Asskicking Dragon Ball Z being the show that it is, he doesn't get much of a chance to show off his intelligence, so he tends to hide more behind his pacifism.
    Source: Minored in Asskicking
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Show and Hide. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/show
Hide & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/show>.
Show or Hide. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/show.

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