Antonyms for giveaway
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : giv-uh-wey |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɪv əˌweɪ |
Definition of giveaway
Origin :- also give-away, "act of giving away," 1872, from phrase give away, c.1400 (of brides, from 1719); meaning "to betray, expose, reveal" is 1878, originally U.S. slang.
- As in telltale : adj revealing
- As in present : noun gift
- As in sign : noun indication, evidence
- As in bargain : noun something bought at cheap price
- As in tax : noun charge levied by government on property, income
- As in betrayal : noun exhibition of disloyalty
- As in dead giveaway : noun obvious clue
- As in handsel : noun gift
- As in sellout : noun betrayal
- As in signification : noun sign
- As in exposure : noun uncovering; putting in view or danger
- As in freebie : noun something for nothing
- As in gift : noun something given freely, for no recompense
- Showing more than a normal interest would have been a giveaway.
- Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
- I almost halted in alarm, but that might have been a giveaway.
- Extract from : « The Old Die Rich » by Horace Leonard Gold
- But in spite of the giveaway, Ingolby was getting them where they were soft-fairly drugging them with good news.
- Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- Only his hands were a giveaway; they were stained with yellow and black stains that looked completely out of place on the man.
- Extract from : « The Professional Approach » by Charles Leonard Harness
- Even the way they shake whenever they come out of the mud is a giveaway—what better way to seed their crop far and wide?
- Extract from : « The Native Soil » by Alan Edward Nourse
Synonyms for giveaway
- acknowledgment
- airing
- allowance
- alms
- assessment
- assurance
- augury
- auspice
- award
- badge
- baring
- beacon
- bell
- benefaction
- benefit
- benevolence
- bequest
- bestowal
- betrayal
- bite
- bonus
- boon
- bounty
- brokerage
- budget price
- buy
- capitation
- caution
- charity
- closeout
- clue
- communication leak
- compliment
- complimentary ticket
- confession
- contribution
- cost
- courtesy
- custom
- deal
- deception
- defenselessness
- denudation
- denunciation
- disclosing
- disclosure
- discount
- dishonesty
- dispensation
- display
- divination
- divulgence
- divulging
- donation
- double cross
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- dues
- duplicity
- duty
- endowment
- evidence
- evidential
- excise
- exhibition
- expense
- exposé
- exposure of secret
- fairing
- falseness
- favor
- fine
- flag
- flash
- foreboding
- foreknowledge
- foreshadowing
- foretoken
- forewarning
- free lunch
- free pass
- gesture
- gift
- gifting
- giveaway
- good buy
- good deal
- good value
- goodie
- grant
- gratuity
- hand
- hand-me-down
- handout
- handwriting on wall
- harbinger
- hazard
- herald
- high sign
- hint
- honorarium
- imposition
- impost
- index
- indication
- indicator
- indicatory
- informative
- introduction
- jeopardy
- Judas kiss
- lagniapp
- lagniappe
- largess
- largesse
- laying open
- leak
- legacy
- let-down
- levy
- liability
- libation
- light
- low price
- lump
- manifestation
- mark
- markdown
- meaningful
- nakedness
- nod
- nominal price
- note
- oblation
- obligation
- offering
- offertory
- omen
- openness
- perfidy
- peril
- philanthropy
- pittance
- pointing to
- pork barrel
- portent
- precursor
- prediction
- premium
- premonition
- presage
- present
- presentation
- presentiment
- price
- prognostic
- proof
- provision
- publicity
- rate
- ration
- reduction
- relief
- remembrance
- remittance
- revelation
- reward
- risk
- salvage
- sellout
- showing
- signal
- significant
- significatory
- souvenir
- stake
- stamp
- steal
- subscription
- subsidy
- suggestion
- suggestive
- susceptibility
- susceptiveness
- susceptivity
- symbol
- symptom
- tariff
- telltale
- telltale sign
- tip
- tithe
- token
- toll
- towage
- trace
- treachery
- treason
- tribute
- trickery
- unfaithfulness
- unfolding
- unintentional disclosure
- unmasking
- unveiling
- unwitting disclosure
- value
- vestige
- vulnerability
- vulnerableness
- warning
- wave
- whistle
- wink
- witness
- write-off
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