Standard Lemma guide

revealing

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈviːlɪŋ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈviːlɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ɹɪˈvilɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ɹəˈvilɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːlɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 V IY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 V IY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Informative; providing new information.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a revealing analysis

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telling

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Allowing more than is usual to be seen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her shirt is rather revealing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scanty

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An act of revealing; the process of revealing; something revealed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It became clear that we were witnessing a great revealing of secrets.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: revelation, disclosure, uncovering, unveiling, apocalypse

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of reveal

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

showing or making known

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her dress was scanty and revealing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: concealing

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

disclosing unintentionally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a telling smile
  • a telltale panel of lights
  • a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telling, telltale(a)

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the speech act of making something evident

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disclosure, revelation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speech act

Narrower terms: tattle, singing, telling, display, divulgence, divulgement, discovery, giveaway, informing, ratting, leak, news leak, exposure

History

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 會走光 /会走光 (huì zǒuguāng) — of clothing
  • Finnish: paljastava — of clothing
  • German: gewagt — of clothing
  • German: freizügig — of clothing
  • Greek: αποκαλυπτικός (apokalyptikós) — of clothing
  • Russian: открове́нный (otkrovénnyj) — of clothing