THESAURUS
Open
Spartan, abandoned, aboveboard, absolute, accented, acceptable, accessible, activate, admissible, admissive, admissory, adumbrate, advertise, affirmed, afford, agape, agreeable, air, ajar, aloof, altruistic, alveolar, ambiguous, amenable, amiable, announce, announced, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, apparent, approachable, appropriate, arguable, articulated, artless, ascetic, assimilated, at issue, attainable, austere, authentic, available, back, bald, bare, barytone, be a gas, be a hit, begin, beholdable, beneficent, bighearted, bilabial, bill, billow, blatant, bluff, blunt, bomb, bona fide, born yesterday, bounteous, bountiful, branch, branch out, brazen, breach, break, break the seal, bring out, bring to light, broach, broad, broadcast, broken, brought to notice, brusque, cacuminal, campestral, campestrian, candid, central, cerebral, champaign, charitable, check, checked, childlike, chink, circulated, clear, cleared, cleave, close, come-at-able, commence, common, common knowledge, common property, commonplace, communicate, communicative, conditional, conditioned, confiding, consonant, consonantal, conspicuous, contingent, continuant, contribute, conversable, cordial, cover, crack, crevasse, current, cut, cut apart, cut open, debatable, declared, dehiscent, deltoid, demonstrative, dental, denuded, dependent, depending, deploy, deserted, detached, detectable, develop, diffused, dilate, direct, discernible, disclose, disclosed, disconnected, discontinuous, discover, discrete, dismask, dispart, disperse, display, disposed, disrupt, disseminated, dissimilated, distend, distributed, ditch, divaricate, divide, divulge, dorsal, downright, dramatize, draw the veil, dry, dubious, dubitable, dull, effusive, embark, employable, equivocal, establish, evident, exhibit, expand, expansive, explain, explicit, expose, exposed, exposed to view, extend, extended, extensive, extroverted, fail, fair, fair and square, fan, fan out, fan-shape, fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, feature, findable, fissure, fit, flabelliform, flagrant, flare, flared, flaring, flat, flexible, flop, fly open, forsaken, forthright, foursquare, fracture, frank, frankhearted, free, free hand, free-acting, free-going, free-moving, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, freehanded, freehearted, friendly, front, full, furnish, furrow, gap, gaping, gapped, gash, generous, genial, genuine, get, get going, get under way, getatable, gettable, giving, glaring, glide, glossal, glottal, godforsaken, good-faith, gossipy, gracious, greathearted, groove, guileless, guttural, handsome, hanging out, hard, headline, heart-to-heart, hearty, heavy, high, hint, hole, homely, homespun, honest, hospitable, humanitarian, idle, illimitable, imbibitory, impart, impressionable, in circulation, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in print, in question, in suspense, in the balance, in view, inaugurate, incise, inclined, incoherent, inconsistent, indecisive, influenceable, ingenu, ingenuous, ingestive, initiate, innocent, insight, intonated, introduce, intromissive, intromittent, invitatory, inviting, kick off, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, large, largehearted, lateral, launch, lavish, lax, lay bare, lay open, lean, leisure, leisured, let daylight in, let out, liable, liberal, light, limitless, lingual, liquid, low, made public, magnanimous, make a hit, make known, make plain, malleable, manifest, mantle, matter-of-fact, melodramatize, mid, monophthongal, moot, mount, movable, munificent, muted, naive, naked, narrow, nasal, nasalized, natural, navigable, neat, neighborly, newsy, no strings, nonadherent, nonadhesive, noncoherent, noncohesive, nonimmune, noticeable, obnoxious, observable, obtainable, obvious, occlusive, offer, on the level, on the square, on the up-and-up, ope, open a show, open air, open and aboveboard, open as day, open fire, open to, open to all, open to view, open up, open-handed, open-minded, openhanded, openhearted, operative, out-of-doors, outcropping, outdoors, outgoing, outland, outside, outspoken, outspread, outstretch, outstretched, overgrow, overrun, overspread, overt, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, palpable, part, passable, patent, patulous, peeled, pendent, pending, penetrable, perceivable, perceptible, perfect, perforate, persuadable, persuasible, pervious, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pierce, pitch, pitched, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plastic, pleasing, plenary, pliable, pliant, posttonic, practicable, predisposed, premiere, present, preview, princely, problematic, proclaimed, procurable, produce, profuse, prone, propagated, proper, prosaic, prosing, provide, public, publish, published, pull out, pure, put on, raise, raise the curtain, ramify, reachable, receivable, receptible, receptive, recipient, recognizable, release, rent, reported, responsive, retired, retroflex, reveal, revealed, rift, ringent, rip, rive, roomy, round, rounded, rupture, rustic, scenarize, securable, seeable, self-revealing, self-revelatory, semiretired, semivowel, sensitive, separate, set in motion, set the stage, set up, severe, shadow, show, show forth, show up, showing, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, sit, slash, slit, slot, sober, sociable, soft, sonant, spacious, spare, splay, splayed, splaying, split, spraddle, spraddled, spraddling, sprangle, sprangled, sprangling, sprawl, sprawling, sprawly, spread, spread like wildfire, spread out, spreading, spring open, square, square-dealing, square-shooting, stage, star, stark, start, stated, stintless, stopped, straight, straight-out, straight-shooting, straightforward, stressed, stretch out, stretched-out, strip bare, stripped, strong, suasible, subject, succeed, suggest, suggestible, suitable, surd, susceptible, suspenseful, swayable, swell, swing open, syllabic, talkative, tap, tear, tear open, telecast, televised, tenantless, tense, tenuous, the open, the out-of-doors, theatricalize, thick, throaty, throw open, to be had, to be seen, tonal, tonic, transparent, trench, trustful, trusting, try out, twangy, unaccented, unadhesive, unadorned, unaffected, unbar, unbarred, unblock, unblocked, unbolt, unbolted, unbooked, unbound, unbounded, uncertain, unchecked, uncircumscribed, unclassified, uncloak, unclog, unclogged, unclosed, unclothe, unclouded, uncluttered, uncoherent, uncohesive, uncommitted, unconcealed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, unconnected, unconstrained, uncork, uncounted, uncover, uncovered, undecided, undefended, undetermined, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, undo, undrape, unencumbered, unequivocal, unestablished, unfasten, unfastened, unfilled, unfixed, unfold, unfolded, unfortified, unfurl, ungrudging, unguarded, unhampered, unhidden, unhindered, unimaginative, unimpeded, uninhabited, uninhibited, unjoined, unkennel, unlatch, unlimited, unlock, unlocked, unmanned, unmask, unmeasured, unobstructed, unoccupied, unpack, unpeopled, unpopulated, unprotected, unqualified, unrepressed, unreserved, unresolved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unroll, unrounded, unscheduled, unscreen, unseal, unsealed, unsecretive, unselfish, unsettled, unsheathe, unsheltered, unshrinking, unshroud, unshut, unsigned, unsilent, unsophisticated, unsparing, unstaffed, unstinted, unstinting, unstop, unstopped, unstressed, unsuppressed, unsuspicious, untaken, untenacious, untenanted, untended, untie, untold, unvarnished, unveil, unwary, unwrap, up for grabs, up-and-up, usable, vacant, velar, veritable, viewable, visible, visual, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, warm, warmhearted, weak, welcoming, well-known, wide, wide open, wide-open, widely known, widen, widespread, willing, within reach, without, without strings, witnessable, yawning, yield
ROGET THESAURUS
Open
Beginning
VB
begin, start, commence, conceive, open, dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept, initiate, launch, inaugurate, inchoate, rise, arise, originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train, broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start, handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, open fire, open the ball, ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear, materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards, resume, recommence.
Artlessness
N
artlessness, nature, simplicity, innocence, bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart, honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible, artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, open as day, candid, ingenuous, guileless, unsuspicious, honest, innocent, Arcadian, undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard, simple-minded, single-minded, frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted, free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken, blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical, unflattering, in plain words, in plain English, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter, Davus sum non Oedipus, liberavi animam meam, as frank as rain on cherry blossoms.
Expansion
VB
become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.
Opening
VB
open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge, fly open, perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill, mine, tunnel, transpierce, transfix, enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose, unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open.
N
opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.
Manifestation
N
manifestation, plainness, plain speaking, expression, showing, exposition, demonstration, exhibition, production, display, show, showing off, premonstration, exhibit, indication, publicity, disclosure, openness panchement, evidence, manifest, apparent, salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced, flagrant, notorious, arrant, stark staring, unshaded, glaring, defined, definite, distinct, conspicuous, obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical, intelligible, plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday, plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church, explicit, overt, patent, express, ostensible, open, open as day, naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric, unreserved, frank, plain-spoken, candid (veracious), barefaced, manifested, disclosed, capable of being shown, producible, inconcealable, unconcealable, no secret, manifestly, openly, before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets, in market overt, in the face of day, face of heaven, in broad daylight, in open daylight, without reserve, at first blush, prima facie, on the face of, in set terms, cela saute aux yeux, he that runs may read, you can see it with half an eye, it needs no ghost to tell us, the meaning lies on the surface, cela va sans dire, res ipsa loquitur, clothing the palpable and familiar, fari quae sentiat, volto sciolto i pensieri stretti, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.
Disclosure
VB
disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.
N
disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.
Publication
N
publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice, published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric, publicly, in open court, with open doors, Int, Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.
Veracity
N
veracity, truthfulness, frankness truth, sincerity, candor, unreserve, honesty, fidelity, plain dealing, bona fides, love of truth, probity, ingenuousness, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the trut, honest truth, sober truth, unvarnished tale, light of truth, truthful, true, veracious, veridical, scrupulous, sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved, open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted, honest, trustworthy, undissembling &c (dissemble), guileless, pure, truth- loving, unperjured, true blue, as good as one's word, unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide, outspoken, ingenuous, undisguised, uncontrived, truly, in plain words, in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth, as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole, honor bright, troth, in good sooth, in good earnest, unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae, without equivocation, cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart, by my troth, di il vero a affronterai il diavolo, Dichtung und Wahrheit, esto quod esse videris, magna est veritas et praevalet, that golden key that opes the palace of eternity, veritas odium parit, veritatis simplex oratio est, verite sans peur.