reveal
Bring to light
Reveal is to make something known or visible that was previously hidden or secret.
You reveal information by disclosing it: The investigation revealed widespread fraud.
You reveal something physical by uncovering it: She pulled back the curtain to reveal the painting.
A reveal is the moment of disclosure itself, especially a dramatic unveiling: the big reveal at the end of the movie.
Acknowledge wrongdoing openly
- divulgeReveal private information
- discloseReveal hidden information
- admitConfess or grant entry
- exposeMake known publicly
uncover · unmask · leak · spill · betray · announce · declare · proclaim
Concealed information
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- hiddenKept out of sight
- unknownNot yet discovered
- crypticObscure in meaning
concealed · arcane · clandestine · veiled · obscured · puzzle · riddle · cipher
Sudden narrative redirection
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
suspense · cliffhanger · exposition · backstory · flashback · foreshadowing · buildup · payoff
Facts supporting truth
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- factVerifiable piece of information
- realityWhat actually exists
- veracityConformity to fact
authenticity · honesty · proof · verification · validation · confirmation · certainty · transparency
State of being unprotected
- developCause gradual growth
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- latent imageInvisible recorded light pattern
- darkroomFilm processing chamber
print · film · light-sensitive · emulsion · emerge · appear · materialize · come into view
Fabric hung for privacy
mask · cloak · screen · disguise · camouflage · concealment · ceremony · plaque
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
clarity · illumination · discovery · recognition · perception · discernment · comprehension · breakthrough
confess
Acknowledge wrongdoing openly
expose · uncover · unmask · leak · spill · betray · announce · declare · proclaim · broadcast
secret
Concealed information
cryptic · concealed · arcane · clandestine · veiled · obscured · puzzle · riddle · cipher · clue
plot twist
Sudden narrative redirection
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- denouementStory's final unraveling
resolution · suspense · cliffhanger · exposition · backstory · flashback · foreshadowing · buildup · payoff · turning point
evidence
Facts supporting truth
veracity · authenticity · honesty · proof · verification · validation · confirmation · certainty · transparency · candor
exposure
State of being unprotected
- developCause gradual growth
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- latent imageInvisible recorded light pattern
darkroom · print · film · light-sensitive · emulsion · emerge · appear · materialize · come into view · manifest
curtain
Fabric hung for privacy
cover · mask · cloak · screen · disguise · camouflage · concealment · ceremony · plaque · monument
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- understandingMental comprehension of something
awareness · clarity · illumination · discovery · recognition · perception · discernment · comprehension · breakthrough · awakening
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- Auto Showconcept car, prototype, world premiere, debut, booth
- daytime TVtalk shows, soap opera, soap operas, talk show, soaps
- disclosuredisclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge, uncovering
- dramatic momentsclimax, finale, showdown, confrontation, twist
revealconceal
Keep from being seen
hide · suppress · withhold · keep secret · secrete
revealdisguise
Identity-concealing alteration
mask · camouflage · belie · falsify · misrepresent
- gender revealCelebration disclosing fetus's sex
- Book of RevelationFinal New Testament prophecy
- divine revelationDeity communicates to humanity
- face revealShowing previously hidden appearance
- dramatic revealSudden surprising disclosure
- shocking revealUnexpected disclosure of truth
revealing, revealed, revel, revelation, reveals, unrevealed, revelatory, revealer, revealingly