1. Make visible or noticeable
   "Show me your etchings, please"; "She showed her talent for cooking"
    
2. Make evident or clear
   "She showed her disappointment";
   - express, evince [formal]
    
3. Give an exhibition of to an interested audience
   "She shows her dogs frequently";
   - demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate, showcase
    
4. Make clear the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
   "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture";
   - prove, demonstrate, establish, shew [Brit, archaic]
    
5. Identify or make clear which place, direction, person, or thing is meant
   "I showed the customer the glove section";
   - indicate, point, designate
    
6. Be or become visible or noticeable
   "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"; "His good upbringing really shows up";
   - show up
    
7. Show in, or as in, a picture
   "This scene shows country life";
   - picture, depict, render
    
8. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero";
   - read, register, record
    
9. Give evidence of, as of records
   "The diary shows his distress that evening"
    
10. (law) provide evidence for
    "The blood test showed that he was the father";
    - testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, witness
     
11. Take (someone) to their seats, as in theatres or auditoriums
    "he showed us to our seats";
    - usher
     
12. Finish third or better in a horse or dog race
    "he bet $2 on number six to show"

1. An act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment
   "a remarkable show of skill"
    
2. Something intended to communicate a particular impression
   "a show of impatience"; "a good show of looking interested";
   - display
    
3. Pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
   "that ceremony is just for show";
   - appearance

Derived forms: shown, showing, showed, shows

See also: ostentate [archaic]

Type of: affirm, alter, amusement, appear, change, conduct, confirm, convey, corroborate, demo, demonstration, direct, entertainment, guide, indicate, inform, interpret, lead, modify, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], race, represent, run, simulation, substantiate, support, sustain, take

Antonym: conceal

Encyclopedia: Show, do not tell