Number and Show

Number

Number noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.

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Show and number are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a noun "Number".

Nearby Words: numberless, numbered, numbering

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

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

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

good	good number	good show
musical	musical number	musical show
similar	similar number	similar show
certain	certain number	certain show
Other adjectives: current, original, single, actual, real, great, little, new, final, next, last.

face	number face	show face
nothing	number nothing	show nothing

Tisdale, the lady who ran the Hazzard Post Office, is a stickler that everyone has to take a number AND show proper ID for service.

Source: Take a Number
This was originally supposed to be demonstrating that the show's society worked on some sort of number system and Nine was so scraggly-looking because nine was the lowest number on the totem pole.

Source: You Are Number 6
The 1970's PBS children's show ZOOM provides an extremely rare example of this being done to a mailing address instead of a phone number.

Source: Phone Number Jingle

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Show and Number. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/show

Number & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/show>.

Show or Number. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/number/show.

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