Show and Try

Show

Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.

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Try and show are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Show" as a verb or a noun.

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

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Show and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Show" instead the word "Try" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

old	old show	old try
good	good show	good try
special	special show	special try
best	best show	best try
Other adjectives: normal, short, complete, proper, single, actual, entire, real, great, new, former, final, next, last, previous.

power	show power	try power
kind	show kind	try kind
name	show name	try name
someone	show someone	try someone
Other words: death, time, world, nothing, everyone.

At the end of season 1, everyone figures out that they're in a TV show and try, unsuccessfully, to keep the show from ending.

Source: Cliffhanger Copout
Occasionally part of An Aesop, to show just how crappy the world becomes when you violate the lesson; frequently used to try and show a 'gritty', cynical world.

Source: Shoot the Shaggy Dog
The second season did try and show he was interested in women with varying levels of success.

Source: Series / The Latest Buzz

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

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

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

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