Meanings
plural showcases
- A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
Synonyms: vitrine, display case
- A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.
Synonyms: flagship
present singular third person showcases · participle present showcasing · participle past showcased · past showcased
- transitiveTo display, demonstrate, show, or present.
I think the demonstration really showcases the strengths of the software.
4 more examples
Today's debates over the place of religion in modern life often showcase the claim that belief in God stifles reason and science.
2012 August 24, Yoram Hazony, “The God of Independent Minds”, in The Wall Street JournalThe women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93A traveling exhibition titled 'Sunshine Moving Elementary School', presented by the National Museum of Natural Science in partnership with DELTA Electronics Foundation, will be showcased at the Museum's plaza on Shi-tun Road from Feb. 27 through Apr. 9, 2014. The exhibition will inspire people of every age to be part of green revolution with the example of Ming-chuan Elementary School in Namahsia District, Kaohsiung City.
2015 August 21, “Archives 2014”, in National Museum of Natural Science, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022The manufacturer showcased vehicles in September 2018, at Derby Litchurch Lane, but they won't be in traffic this year.
2019 October 23, “New train fleets... but the same old problems”, in Rail, page 34
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA case for displaying merchandise or valuable items.
nounA setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
nouna glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic واجِهَة, فَاتْرِينَة
- واجِهَة (wājiha)a setting for displaying something favorably
- فَاتْرِينَة (fatrīna)a setting for displaying something favorably
- عَرَضَ (ʕaraḍa)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
Bulgarian витри́на, витри́на
- витри́на (vitrína)a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- витри́на (vitrína)a setting for displaying something favorably
- откроявам (otkrojavam)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
Catalan escaparat
- escaparata case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
Chinese Mandarin 櫥窗 /橱窗, 陳列櫃 /陈列柜
- 櫥窗 /橱窗 (chúchuāng)a setting for displaying something favorably
- 陳列櫃 /陈列柜 (chénlièguì)a setting for displaying something favorably
- 展臺 /展台 (zhǎntái)a setting for displaying something favorably
- 展櫃 /展柜 (zhǎnguì)a setting for displaying something favorably
Czech vitrína
- vitrínaa case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
Dutch vitrine
- vitrinea setting for displaying something favorably
Estonian vitriin
- vitriina setting for displaying something favorably
Finnish vitriini, lasikaappi
- vitriinia case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- lasikaappia case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitriinia setting for displaying something favorably
- lasikaappia setting for displaying something favorably
- lasikkoa setting for displaying something favorably
- esittääto display, demonstrate, show, or present
- näyttääto display, demonstrate, show, or present
French vitrine, présenter
- vitrinea setting for displaying something favorably
- présenterto display, demonstrate, show, or present
German Vitrine, Schaukasten
- Vitrinea case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- Schaukastena case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- Schaufenstera setting for displaying something favorably
- Vitrinea setting for displaying something favorably
- herausstellento display, demonstrate, show, or present
- zur Schau stellento display, demonstrate, show, or present
- vorführento display, demonstrate, show, or present
- darbietento display, demonstrate, show, or present
- demonstrierento display, demonstrate, show, or present
- präsentierento display, demonstrate, show, or present
Greek βιτρίνα
- βιτρίνα (vitrína)a setting for displaying something favorably
Hungarian vitrin
- vitrina setting for displaying something favorably
Italian esposizione, vetrina
- esposizionea case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vetrinaa setting for displaying something favorably
- mostrareto display, demonstrate, show, or present
- esporreto display, demonstrate, show, or present
- esibireto display, demonstrate, show, or present
- presentareto display, demonstrate, show, or present
Japanese 飾り棚, ショーケース
- 飾り棚 (kazaridana)a setting for displaying something favorably
- ショーケース (shōkēsu)a setting for displaying something favorably
Korean 진열장, 쇼케이스
- 진열장 (jinyeoljang)a setting for displaying something favorably
- 쇼케이스 (syokeiseu)a setting for displaying something favorably
- 전시하다 (jeonsihada)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
Latvian vitrīna
- vitrīnaa setting for displaying something favorably
Lithuanian vitrina
- vitrinaa setting for displaying something favorably
Persian ویترین
- ویترین (vitrin)a setting for displaying something favorably
Polish gablota, witryna
- gablotaa case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- witrynaa setting for displaying something favorably
Portuguese montra, vitrine
- montraa case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrinea case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrinea setting for displaying something favorably
Romanian vitrină, vitrină
- vitrinăa case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrinăa setting for displaying something favorably
- prezentato display, demonstrate, show, or present
Russian витри́на, витри́на
- витри́на (vitrína)a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- витри́на (vitrína)a setting for displaying something favorably
- отображать (otobražatʹ)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
- демонстрировать (demonstrirovatʹ)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
- показывать (pokazyvatʹ)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
- представлять (predstavljatʹ)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
Slovak vitrína
- vitrínaa setting for displaying something favorably
Spanish escaparate, vitrina
- escaparatea case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrinaa case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- expositora case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrinaa setting for displaying something favorably
- mostrarto display, demonstrate, show, or present
Swedish skyltfönster, vitrin
- skyltfönstera setting for displaying something favorably
- vitrina setting for displaying something favorably
- ställa utto display, demonstrate, show, or present
- förevisato display, demonstrate, show, or present
Turkish camekân, vitrin
- camekâna case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrina case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- vitrina setting for displaying something favorably
Ukrainian вітри́на, вітри́на
- вітри́на (vitrýna)a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items
- вітри́на (vitrýna)a setting for displaying something favorably
- відображати (vidobražaty)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
- демонструвати (demonstruvaty)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
- зображувати (zobražuvaty)to display, demonstrate, show, or present
Vietnamese tủ kính
- tủ kínha setting for displaying something favorably
Cite this entry
showcase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showcase
“showcase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showcase. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “showcase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showcase.
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