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Synonyms for highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪthigh·light
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Wiktionary
highlightnoun
To be a highlight of.
Antonyms:
lowlight
Princeton's WordNet
highlight, high spotnoun
the most interesting or memorable part
"the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
Synonyms:
highlighting, high spothighlight, highlightingverb
an area of lightness in a picture
Synonyms:
highlighting, high spotforeground, highlight, spotlight, play upverb
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
Synonyms:
cozy up, play up, sidle up, suck up, cotton up, spotlight, foreground, shine uphighlightverb
apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
"highlight the area above your eyebrows"
Synonyms:
foreground, spotlight, play up
Editors Contribution
apogisnoun
Submitted by kenchezburton on May 24, 2023
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "highlight":
emphasise, stress, underline, emphasize, underscore, showcase, mention, culmination, illustrate
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2989 | stress | |
#3935 | mention | |
#6031 | highlight | |
#6162 | spotlight | |
#6778 | showcase | |
#10275 | illustrate | |
#12802 | emphasize | |
#14306 | highlighting | |
#19433 | underline | |
#20450 | foreground | |
#25091 | underscore | |
#32104 | emphasise | |
#33152 | culmination |
How to use highlight in a sentence?
Obviously, you see the swag he plays with, the energy he plays with, the uniqueness with his athleticism but also his unique playmaking ability, too, obviously, he’s a highlight reel, but then I would say he’s also a guy that impacts winning. So he does it all and hopefully the way he handles himself on the court, he handles himself in the media and community is just inspiring to others and hopefully someone who’s rocking the Ja jersey or rocking any of our Grizzlies jerseys out there, it’s a testament to what this team stands for.
The highlight is not only handing out presents, but also students and elephants are forming a Christmas tree together.
The developments over the past 48 hours highlight in stark fashion the inherent weaknesses of President Trumps preference for summit diplomacy international media spectacles that have failed to achieve substantial progress on the key issues, especially denuclearization.
While Democrats seized on Mr. Floyd’s death last May to highlight racism in policing and other forms of social injustice, Republicans responded to a summer of protests by proposing a raft of punitive new measures governing the right to lawfully assemble, some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.
She wasn't a player who stood out, but what I would highlight about her was her attitude. She never took no for an answer.
Translations for highlight
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- تسليط الArabic
- ressaltar, subratllar, emfasitzar, remarcar, marcar, llumCatalan, Valencian
- zvýraznitCzech
- Höhepunkt, markieren, beleuchten, hervorheben, HighlightGerman
- realce, enfatizar, marcar, rizo, resaltarSpanish
- برجسته, پررنگ, روشنPersian
- painottaa, korostaa, tähdentää, korostus, kohokohtaFinnish
- rehaut, moment le plus marquant, temps fort, surligner, instant le plus marquantFrench
- मुख्य आकर्षणHindi
- megjelöl, melír, kiemelHungarian
- menyorotIndonesian
- enfatizzare, mettere in evidenza, evidenziare, eventoItalian
- miramiraMāori
- hoogtepuntDutch
- betone, utheve, markereNorwegian
- realçar, enfatizarPortuguese
- [[све́тлый]] [[уча́сток]], [[выдвига́ть]] [[на]] [[пе́рвый]] [[план]], вы́делиться, вы́делить, выделя́ть, выделя́ться, [[вы́двинуть]] [[на]] [[пе́рвый]] [[план]], подчёркивать, подчеркну́ть, [[основно́й]] [[моме́нт]]Russian
- наглашавати, истицатиSerbo-Croatian
- höjdpunkt, slingaSwedish
- முன்னிலைப்படுத்தTamil
- హైలైట్Telugu
- 突出Chinese
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