Show
Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| favourite | favourite show | favourite trick |
| old | old show | old trick |
| good | good show | good trick |
| best | best show | best trick |
| Other adjectives: particular, similar, fake, single, popular, actual, real, successful, great, little, main, famous, new, final, classic, next, last, magical, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Green Arrow is a recurring character in the Justice League cartoon from Unlimited onwards, and naturally gets to show off his collection of trick arrows.
Source: Trick Arrow -
Gynette from Stubble Trouble did this trick in a magic show, the real trick being that she can separate her body parts at will.
Source: Saw a Woman in Half -
In season 3's Halloween show, this is ignored and it is instead shown via flashbacks that Adam had always (reluctantly) trick-or-treated with Beverly.
Source: Series / The Goldbergs
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Trick and Show. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/show/trick
Show & Trick. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/show/trick>.
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