Reverse Dictionary: SHOW

ADJECTIVES
► MONSTRABLE capable of being shown or demonstrated → 1429 obs.
► MONSTRANT showing or declaring something → 1727 obs.

NOUNS
► BEVISH unnecessary fuss or show; uncalled-for energy → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BRAVERIE bravado; show, splendour → Bk1911 Sc.
► BRAVITY fine show, display, finery → Bk1911 Sc.
► CONCERT n. a play; a show; any theatrical entertainment → 1992 UK sl.
► DOMENT a performance; a show → M19 sl.
► EFFEIR appearance, bearing; show, pomp and circumstance; ceremony → 1375 arch.
► FAFF swagger, pretense; show, useless adornments → 1880 Eng. dial.
► FANTASTRY fantastic display or show; ostentation, affectation → 1656 obs.
► GAFF a show, an exhibition → 19C sl.
► GALLANTRY fine or gay appearance or show, splendour, magnificence → 1613 obs.
► MAKE-A-DO a fuss, a to-do; a show or pretense → 1880 Sc.
► MUSTER a showing something; exhibition, display → 1400 obs.
► MUSTERING a showing; an exhibition; an outward display → 1439 obs.
► RAREE-SHOW a show or spectacle of any kind → 1684
► SHOWCASE an entertainment, theatre, nightclub, rehearsal or performance whose main purpose is to show the merits of the performers to an audience of prospective employers, such as theatrical producers, booking agents, directors, or the like → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
► SIGHT-COURT a place for public shows → 1553 obs.
► SLANGS, THE a collection of travelling shows; the travelling showman’s world or profession → c1850 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON (also see SHOWMAN)
► HALF-A-CROWNER one who pays half-a-crown for a seat at a show → L19 sl.

PHRASES
► MORE SAUCE THAN PIG indicates greater show than substance → c1670 colloq.
► MORE SQUEAK THAN WOOL indicates greater show than substance → 18C colloq.

VERBS
► ACCUSE to betray, to disclose; hence, to reveal, to display, to show or make known → c1400 rare
► AFFICHE to parade, to flaunt; to make known of, to give notice of; to advertise, to publicize; to display, to show → 1817
► AIRT to point out, to show something to a person → 1782 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► AWN to put before a person’s eyes; to show, to manifest; to appear → c1175 obs.
► BEKEN to make known; to declare, to show → a1300 obs.
► BETEACH to show, to point out → c1000 obs.
► BEWRAY to reveal, divulge, disclose, declare, make known, show → c1405 obs.
► DASH to make a show, to display, to show off → 1813 Sc.
► FLASH to show suddenly and briefly → colloq.
► INSTEFY ► INSTIFY to show, to testify; to set forth → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MONSTRATE to show, to demonstrate → 1609
► MUSTER to show; to display, to exhibit; to report, to tell, to explain → 1400 obs.
► MYTH to show, to reveal, to demonstrate → 1330 obs. chiefly Sc.
► OSTENTATE to show, to display → 1630 obs.
► PATEFY to reveal, show, declare, disclose; to make open or manifest → 1533 obs.
► TENT to show, to teach → 1882 Eng. dial.