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revealing adjective [ rɪˈviːlɪŋ ]

• making interesting or significant information known, especially of a personal nature.
• "a revealing radio interview"

reveal verb

• make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
• "Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie's whereabouts"
Similar: divulge, disclose, tell, let out, let slip, let drop, let fall, give away, give the game/show away, blurt (out), babble, give out, release, leak, betray, open up, unveil, bring out into the open, go public on/with, make known, make public, broadcast, air, publicize, publish, circulate, disseminate, pass on, report, declare, post, communicate, impart, unfold, vouchsafe, confess, admit, lay bare, let on, spill, blab, let the cat out of the bag, dish the dirt, take/blow the lid off, blow wide open, come clean about, cough, blow the gaff, discover,
Opposite: hide, conceal,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French reveler or Latin revelare, from re- ‘again’ (expressing reversal) + velum ‘veil’.


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