Synonyms of the word

gibbet

• n. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows.
• n. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
• n. Human form structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
• v. (transitive) To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
• v. (transitive) To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.

display

• n. A show or spectacle.
• n. (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
• n. (computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
• v. (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
• v. (transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
• v. (intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
• v. (military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
• v. (printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
• v. (obsolete) To discover; to descry.

exhibit

• v. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
• v. (transitive) To demonstrate.
• v. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
• v. (intransitive) To put on a public display.
• v. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
• n. An instance of exhibiting.
• n. That which is exhibited.
• n. A public showing; an exhibition.
• n. (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

expose

• v. (transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.
• v. (transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
• v. (transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
• v. To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to…
• v. (computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

gallous

• adj. fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous.

gallows

• n. Wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
• n. (colloquial, obsolete) A wretch who deserves to be hanged.
• n. (printing, obsolete) The rest for the tympan when raised.
• n. (colloquial, obsolete) Suspenders; braces.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gallow.

hang

• v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
• v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
• v. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to…
• v. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.
• v. (transitive, law) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
• v. (intransitive, law) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised…
• v. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
• v. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
• v. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
• v. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
• v. (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must…
• v. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
• v. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
• v. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
• v. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
• v. (transitive, baseball, slang) Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
• n. The way in which something hangs.
• n. (figuratively) A grip, understanding.
• n. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
• n. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
• n. (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
• n. Alternative spelling of Hang.

pillory

• n. A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
• v. (transitive) To put in a pillory.
• v. (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
• v. (transitive) To criticize harshly.