Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun give_away

3 senses of giveaway

Sense 1
giveaway -- (a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group)
       => gift -- (something acquired without compensation)

Sense 2
giveaway -- (an unintentional disclosure)
       => disclosure, revelation, revealing -- (the speech act of making something evident)

Sense 3
game show, giveaway -- (a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards)
       => broadcast, program, programme -- (a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb give_away

4 senses of give away

Sense 1
give away -- (make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture")
       => give, gift, present -- (give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?")

Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")
       => tell -- (let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late")

Sense 3
give away -- (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)
       => hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render -- (to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money")

Sense 4
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag -- (give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam")
       => inform -- (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights")

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