Synonyms for limelight
ˈlaɪmˌlaɪtlime·light

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1. limelight, spotlight, glare, public eyenoun

   a focus of public attention

   "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

   Synonyms:
   glare, spot, calcium light, spotlight, glower, brilliance, public eye, blaze

2. limelight, calcium lightnoun

   a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting

   Synonyms:
   spotlight, glare, calcium light, public eye

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1. • Lamp
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1. List of paraphrases for "limelight":

   spotlight, fore

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1. Jim Lee:

   He also ushered in a slew of unique, very personal and eclectic characters for DC such as the Question, Blue Beetle, Hawk and Dove and more, polite and unassuming -- he never sought attention or the limelight but in many ways represented the hidden hero he saw in all of us. #RIPsteveditko.

2. Gretchen Whitmer:

   The irony is, I think, I got the first national acclaim because I was mentioned unfavorably by the current occupant of the White House, i didn't go asking to be thrown into the national limelight.

3. Mats Wilander:

   Truth is, and I hate to say it, we are going to lose the greatest player of all time in terms of interest in a year or two when Roger stops, we have a new breed of men and women that are really exciting, great athletes, great attitude but they are missing out on a bit of the limelight while the likes of Federer and Rafa Nadal and Novak continue to play.

4. Englishman Willett:

   Obviously, you get recognized a little bit more and things like that, you realize how difficult the guys have had it who have been up there in the limelight for a lot of years, how much they've got to take control of their own time.

5. Mark Meadows:

   I don't like being in the limelight. It is fearful whenever you do doing something like this.