Synonyms for foreground
ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd, ˈfoʊr-fore·ground

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1. foregroundnoun

   the part of a scene that is near the viewer

   Antonyms:
   background, downplay, play down

2. foregroundverb

   (computer science) a window for an active application

   Antonyms:
   downplay, background, play down

3. foreground, 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, highlight, cotton up, spotlight, shine up

   Antonyms:
   play down, background, downplay

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1. List of paraphrases for "foreground":

   forefront, fore, originals, close-up

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1. Canada Governor Stephen Poloz:

   We estimate that it's a sort of a three-year period while the negatives are still ongoing in the background and the positives are emerging in the foreground.

2. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Photographers often speak of subjects in the 'foreground' of a landscape scene. Has any famous photographer ever dared to venture to refer to a five, six or more 'grounds' in one of their developments?

3. Adrian Hogan:

   Once I drew on the coffee cup, I filmed it and rotated the coffee cup at the same time, so you have the panorama of the background and the coffee cup in the foreground.

4. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:

   That is not in the foreground. What is in the foreground is what has been agreed last year must be implemented.

5. Sachin Tendulkar:

   Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background.