Synonyms for highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪthigh·light

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. highlightnoun

   To be a highlight of.

   Antonyms:
   lowlight

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. highlight, high spotnoun

   the most interesting or memorable part

   "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"

   Synonyms:
   highlighting, high spot

2. highlight, highlightingverb

   an area of lightness in a picture

   Synonyms:
   highlighting, high spot

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, cotton up, spotlight, foreground, shine up

4. highlightverb

   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

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1. apogisnoun

   Submitted by kenchezburton on May 24, 2023  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "highlight":

   emphasise, stress, underline, emphasize, underscore, showcase, mention, culmination, illustrate

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1. David Graff:

   We want to be very careful about the type of information that we highlight in the search feature given its prominence. Given the concern around elections and elections information, we want to be particularly conservative here.

2. Bakari Sellers:

   I want to highlight the disrespect to this family, i want to highlight the broken system of justice we have in this country. As we're going through this process, we told the families they would have their attorneys in there as some comfort… We went back and forth and I just want to say I've never been talked to like I was talked to in there.

3. Isabel Morales-Munoz:

   We want to highlight that this is a very novel finding and this has not been reported before, thus there is no previous evidence to support these findings, and further research examining the specific stages of sleep development in childhood are needed, however, these findings might be explained by the fact that sleep highly varies in early childhood( compared to later stages, such as adolescence and adulthood), and that specific sleep patterns might have different significance and effects at specific stages of the child ´ s development.

4. Connie Phillips:

   So certainly we are looking for people who would be interested but at this point because of the overwhelming response that we've had, you can just sign up and then we would reach out to you, this is one of those times when we really are coming together as a country, people really want to help and it's been great to be able to really highlight this refugee resettlement process because this has been going on in the United States for many, many years. It is a very safe and controlled process. Refugees are vetted before they come to the United States, and it's really an honor to welcome them into our community.

5. Yifang Zhu:

   I think overall the general convolutions that long-term exposure to PM 2.5 increases the risk or Covid-19 deaths is probably generalizable to a global scale, so, I think the study gives strong evidence to highlight the importance of further improving our air quality overall.