open up
Bare your soul
Open up means to make accessible or available what was previously closed or restricted.
A store opens up for business; a country opens up its borders.
To open up is also to become more communicative or emotionally vulnerable: After a few drinks, he finally opened up about his childhood.
In informal speech, open up! demands that someone unlock a door or barrier.
Open up can describe creating space or opportunity: The new highway opened up the region to development.
Remove a weight from
disclose · reveal · unload · pour out · let out · divulge · admit · confess
Generous treatment of guests
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
- invitingAttractively appealing
- warmthHeat you feel
- receptiveOpen to input
cordial · hospitable · accommodating · approachable · inclusive · gracious · neighborly · embrace
Out in open
- rawIn original state
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- transparentAllowing light through
- unguardedWithout protection or caution
sensitive · defenseless · trusting · receptive · honest · authentic · intimate · bare
To start something
embark · inaugurate · introduce · debut · establish · outset · onset · genesis
Favorable circumstance for advancement
- marketVenue for trade
- frontierEdge of settlement
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- possibilitiesThings that may occur
access · region · trade · routes · develop · growth · untapped · emerging
Invasive medical procedure
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sutureMedical wound closure
surgeon · procedure · laparotomy · dissection · sterile · operating · laparoscope · endoscope
unburden
Remove a weight from
express · disclose · reveal · unload · pour out · let out · divulge · admit · confess · communicate
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
receptive · cordial · hospitable · accommodating · approachable · inclusive · gracious · neighborly · embrace · greet
exposed
Out in open
- rawIn original state
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- transparentAllowing light through
unguarded · sensitive · defenseless · trusting · receptive · honest · authentic · intimate · bare · sincere
begin
To start something
kickoff · embark · inaugurate · introduce · debut · establish · outset · onset · genesis · activate
opportunity
Favorable circumstance for advancement
possibilities · access · region · trade · routes · develop · growth · untapped · emerging · potential
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
suture · surgeon · procedure · laparotomy · dissection · sterile · operating · laparoscope · endoscope · cauterize
- foster relationshipslisten, communicate, trust, empathy, support
- revealreveal, disclose, expose, unmask, unveil
- free updeclutter, make room, clear, release, empty
- confidingdisclose, confess, come clean, heart-to-heart, unbosom
- Candor Phrasesto be honest, truth be told, honestly, frankly, to tell the truth
- proofreading marksdele, stet, insert, transpose, caret