exponent, n. 1. interpreter, explainer, expounder, expositor; advocate, upholder, defender.
2. illustration, representation, exemplification; exemplar, model, paradigm, mirror; symbol, token, indication, index; instance, example, sample, specimen, type. export, v. ship overseas, send abroad; market abroad, sell overseas. expose, v. 1. endanger, imperil, jeopardize, put in jeopardy, lay open or subject to danger; hazard, risk, venture, chance, take a chance, tempt fate, sail too near the wind, fly too close to the sun.
2. uncover, bare, unveil, unsheathe, disease, uncase; divest, strip, undress, unrobe, disrobe, denude, denudate.
3. present to view, exhibit, display, show, indicate, point out, evince, make manifest; take the wraps off, come out of the closet, unveil, unmask, show up; discover, descry, detect, find, uncover, unearth, exhume, dig up, smoke out.
4. bring to light, bring out, make known, reveal, disclose, divulge; tell, impart, inform, relate, utter, Archaic. discover, break the news; release, break, report, publish, Archaic, divulgate, print; advertise, broadcast, air, vent, ventilate, communicate; blurt out, blab, leak, let out, let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans; betray, Inf. blow the whistle on, Sl. blow the lid off, Sl. pull the plug on; tattle, tattletale, All Sl. squeal, squeak, rat, fink, stool, peach.
5. desert, abandon, forsake, turn one's back on; run out on, strand, Inf. ditch, Sl. give the deep six, leave high and dry, Inf leave flat; turn out, put out, turn into the street. exposl, n. exposure, revelation, uncovering, unveiling. See exposure (def. 1). exposition, n. 1. fair, bazaar, staple, market, mart, Inf. expo; exhibit, exhibition, show, showing, presentation, unveiling, unfurling; mounting, staging, stage show, production, performance; review, retrospective.
2. explanation, explication, illustration, description; clarification; interpretation, exegesis.
3. treatise, discourse, dissertation, thesis, paper, study; critique, commentary, criticism, essay, pandect; key, gloss, note, annotation, word of explanation.
4. display, demonstration, Inf. demo, manifestation, representation; revelation, disclosure, divulgence.
5. abandonment, desertion, forsaking, leaving out in the cold, turning one's back on.
6. exposure, openness, nakedness, unprotectedness, defenselessness, helplessness. expositor, n. expounder, explainer, interpreter, exponent; commentator, scholiast; demonstrator, exhibitor. expository, adj. explicative, explanatory, declarative, elucidative; essayistic, expounding, discursive; interpretive, exegetic, hermeneutic; descriptive, illustrative. expostulate, v. remonstrate, plead in protest, argue, reason against, object, protest; admonish, warn, forewarn, caution, exhort, put on one's guard; advise, counsel against, Archaic, dissuade, Archaic, dehort; reproach, rebuke, disapprove of, complain of.