What is another word for highlight?
820 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈa͡ɪla͡ɪt], [ hˈaɪlaɪt], [ h_ˈaɪ_l_aɪ_t]
The term highlight can be substituted with a number of synonyms that accurately convey its meaning. Some alternatives to highlight might include emphasize, showcase, illuminate, spotlight, accentuate, feature, depict, outline, underline, punctuate, or embellish. Depending on the particular context or type of content, certain synonyms may be more appropriate than others. For example, the word feature might be most applicable for a magazine or website article outlining an individual's achievements, while outline could be more fitting for a classroom lecture covering the main points of a lesson. Whatever synonym is chosen, the goal is to effectively draw attention to or elevate a particular element or concept.
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Similar words for highlight:
- bring out (noun)
- climax (noun)
- emphasis (noun)
- foreground (noun)
- memorable part (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- piece de resistance (noun)
- accent (verb)
- accentuate (verb)
- body (verb)
- bring out (verb)
- emphasize (verb)
- illuminate (verb)
- illustrate (verb)
- light (verb)
- play up (verb)
- show up (verb)
- spotlight (verb)
- underline (verb)
- underscore (verb)
- other synonyms
- accent
- bring out
- draw out
- light
- other relevant words
- play up
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Highlight:
n.
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- clip,
- action replay,
- content,
- filler,
- highlights,
- the credits,
- episode,
- coverage,
- commentary,
- break.
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- emphasise,
- throw something open,
- make a production out of something,
- put/throw something into (sharp/stark) relief.
v.
• accent (verb) • accentuate (verb)- brings attention to,
- giving prominence to,
- called attention to,
- gives prominence to,
- pointed up,
- points up,
- gave prominence to,
- calls attention to,
- brought attention to,
- bringing attention to.
- ex posed,
- bring light,
- ex-posed,
- intro duces,
- intro-duce,
- intro-duces,
- intro duce,
- ex-posing,
- ex-pose,
- ex pose.
- re iterate,
- insisted on,
- made point,
- making point,
- laboring the point,
- laboring point,
- labors the point,
- labors point,
- head lined,
- re peat,
- head lining,
- making a point,
- rubs in,
- head-lined,
- putting accent on,
- make point,
- makes point,
- re-iterates,
- puts accent on,
- re iterates,
- makes much of,
- made a point,
- limelighting,
- re-peat,
- insisting on,
- re iterating,
- head-lining,
- labored point,
- made emphatic,
- making emphatic,
- limelighted,
- re peats,
- re-iterate,
- makes emphatic,
- rubbing in,
- makes a point,
- re-iterated,
- made much of,
- re-peats,
- re-iterating,
- rubbed in,
- labored the point,
- labor point,
- re iterated,
- makes clear,
- insists on.
- hits with light,
- lights up,
- hitting with light,
- hits with a light,
- lighting up,
- hitting with a light,
- hit with light.
- draw picture,
- de picts,
- dis closed,
- makes plain,
- showing tell,
- re-presenting,
- ex pounded,
- ex pounding,
- show tell,
- gotten over,
- dis-closing,
- ostended,
- draws picture,
- ex-pounds,
- drawing picture,
- showing and tell,
- ex-pounding,
- Re-present,
- brought home,
- pro-claims,
- dis closing,
- drew picture,
- de-picts,
- in-stances,
- ex pound,
- pro claims,
- in-stance,
- ostending,
- de lineate,
- re presents,
- ex plains,
- ex-pound,
- making plain,
- pro-claiming,
- showed tell,
- de lineated,
- dis-closes,
- bringing home,
- de-pict,
- re presenting,
- made plain,
- de pict,
- draws a picture,
- shows tell,
- drew a picture,
- re veals,
- ex pounds,
- ex-plaining,
- dis close,
- ex-plain,
- pro claiming,
- ex plain,
- dis-closed,
- in stances,
- pro claimed,
- in stance,
- ex-plained,
- de-lineate,
- emblematizes,
- re-presents,
- drawing a picture,
- dis closes,
- ex-plains,
- re presented,
- dis-close,
- ex plaining,
- ostends,
- re-veals,
- ex plained,
- shows and tell,
- re-veal,
- re-presented,
- ex-pounded,
- showed and tell,
- pro claim,
- re present,
- de-lineated.
- in flamed,
- switches on,
- makes bright,
- in-flamed,
- making bright,
- made visible,
- made bright,
- in flame,
- in flaming,
- furnishing with light,
- furnished with light,
- in-flame,
- furnishes with light,
- makes visible,
- in-flames.
- bringing to the fore,
- bring to fore,
- made production of,
- makes production of,
- brings to fore,
- brought to fore,
- brings fore,
- bring fore,
- brings the fore,
- makes a production of,
- brought the fore,
- turns spotlight on,
- bringing fore,
- making production of,
- turned spotlight on,
- brought to the fore,
- made a production of,
- brought fore,
- making a production of,
- bringing the fore,
- brings to the fore,
- make production of,
- turning spotlight on,
- bring the fore,
- bringing to fore.
- in-validating,
- showing bad light,
- un shroud,
- dis covering,
- de bunked,
- dis covers,
- un-masking,
- in validating,
- de-feat,
- in-validated,
- dis-cover,
- un-masked,
- un masks,
- de-bunk,
- unshrouding,
- in-validates,
- de feats,
- un-cloaked,
- put shame,
- showed bad light,
- un mask,
- un-dressing,
- in validate,
- dis-covers,
- dis-credits,
- shows bad light,
- dis covered,
- un dressed,
- be littles,
- de-bunking,
- de bunk,
- dis-covered,
- shows in bad light,
- puts spotlight on,
- de-bunks,
- un-dressed,
- un-shrouded,
- un cloaked,
- dis credits,
- dis credit,
- un-cloaking,
- un cloak,
- in-validate,
- showing in bad light,
- dis cover,
- un-cloak,
- dis-crediting,
- un-shrouding,
- un-cloaks,
- in validated,
- un cloaks,
- un shrouds,
- de bunking,
- un masked,
- un-shrouds,
- un-dresses,
- dis-credit,
- un dress,
- un shrouded,
- putting spotlight on,
- dis credited,
- de-feats,
- dis-credited,
- un masking,
- un-masks,
- un-dress,
- un drest,
- de feat,
- un-shroud,
- show bad light,
- un dressing,
- be-little,
- unshrouds,
- un-mask,
- in validates,
- dis crediting,
- de-bunked,
- un-drest,
- un dresses,
- be-littles,
- showed in bad light,
- dis-covering,
- un cloaking,
- de bunks,
- un shrouding.
- gave prominence,
- put center stage,
- putting on center stage,
- drew attention,
- puts center stage,
- draws attention,
- puts on center stage,
- drawing attention,
- giving prominence,
- gives prominence,
- putting center stage.
Other synonyms:
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- crossroads,
- brink,
- landmark,
- milestone,
- nadir,
- inflect,
- steppingstone,
- milepost,
- cross out,
- turning point,
- high noon,
- breaking point,
- mark off,
- zero hour,
- tipping point,
- angle,
- cusp.
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- epiphany,
- low gear,
- lull,
- dog days,
- ink,
- boiling point,
- apotheosis,
- asterisk,
- cancel,
- slowdown,
- watershed,
- leisure,
- frank,
- coming of age,
- scribble,
- d-day.
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- quiet.
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- high.
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- check.
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- point.
- in flames,
- making visible,
- make visible,
- Lights,
- switched on,
- make bright,
- switching on,
- furnish with light,
- switch on.
- heart,
- floodlighting,
- Allegorized,
- spotlight,
- centralize,
- aim,
- make a point,
- accentuate,
- Emblematized,
- Ostend,
- labor the point,
- concenter,
- pinpoint,
- meeting place,
- emphasize,
- concentrate,
- nub,
- draw a picture,
- locus,
- illustrate,
- Bracketing,
- sharpen,
- illuminate,
- show up,
- focal point,
- Worsting,
- be little,
- lit up,
- boost,
- allegorize,
- play up,
- centralise,
- hub,
- worsted,
- lays bare,
- laying bare,
- make much of,
- overplay,
- limelight,
- rub in,
- Bracketed,
- put,
- light up,
- attract,
- convene,
- center of attention,
- identify,
- plug,
- made clear,
- Allegorizing,
- fasten,
- underline,
- light,
- headlined,
- floodlight,
- attention,
- put accent on,
- join,
- fixate,
- publicize,
- headquarters,
- pointing up,
- insist on,
- focus,
- call attention to,
- pointed to,
- bring home,
- single-mindedness,
- vivify,
- point of convergence,
- promote,
- make clear,
- headlining,
- unshrouded,
- uncloaks,
- allegorizes,
- under-lining,
- meet,
- draw attention,
- interlineate,
- Emblematize,
- italicize,
- Emblematizing,
- give prominence to,
- converge,
- weighted,
- pointed out,
- centre,
- captioning,
- floodlights,
- bring attention to,
- brings home,
- polestar,
- nucleus,
- lighted up,
- making much of,
- uncloaking,
- put spotlight on,
- laid bare,
- application,
- sweat,
- pointing out,
- motivation,
- concentration,
- Typified,
- making clear,
- make plain,
- show in bad light,
- point up,
- nerve center,
- bring together,
- pointing to,
- uncloaked,
- give emphasis,
- uncloak,
- adjust,
- direct,
- center,
- floodlit,
- floodlighted,
- captioned,
- Unshroud,
- give prominence,
- illuminating,
- advertise,
- target,
- cynosure,
- calling attention to,
- hit with a light,
- shows up,
- put on center stage,
- rivet,
- undresses,
- effort,
- core,
- weighting,
- lay bare,
- accent,
- emphasis,
- underscore,
- fix,
- make emphatic,
- point to.
- entail,
- emphatic,
- dwell on,
- buoyancy,
- unfold,
- critical,
- altitude,
- touch up,
- flaunt,
- incarnate,
- unqualified,
- overemphasize,
- appearance,
- acme,
- set,
- indicate,
- enlightenment,
- emanation,
- build up,
- tonality,
- give evidence,
- bring into view,
- final,
- mean,
- reveal,
- radiant energy,
- facet,
- display,
- distinguish,
- develop,
- brighten up,
- contrast,
- grade,
- component,
- dramatise,
- paint,
- precise,
- evince,
- include,
- peculiarity,
- radiation,
- gaslighting,
- trot out,
- element,
- culminating point,
- Relume,
- manifest,
- conclusive,
- electric lighting,
- shine up,
- fluorescent lighting,
- lay stress on,
- breathe,
- affect,
- signify,
- dye,
- differentiate,
- demonstrate,
- visible radiation,
- be indicative of,
- prominence,
- express,
- characterize,
- enlighten,
- peremptory,
- dramatize,
- light source,
- speciality,
- headline,
- nature,
- belabour,
- aspect,
- resolute,
- uncompromising,
- focus on,
- puff up,
- present,
- try,
- actual,
- stand out,
- testify,
- denote,
- play,
- lighting,
- be symptomatic of,
- highest point,
- brandish,
- denominate,
- jut out,
- Irradiance,
- rinse,
- punctuate,
- importance,
- trait,
- overstress,
- irradiation,
- ultimate,
- brighten,
- materialise,
- luminous energy,
- perform,
- unflinching,
- significance,
- manful,
- radiance,
- unfaltering,
- betoken,
- belabor,
- illumine,
- note,
- dangle,
- token,
- protrude,
- class,
- resolved,
- suggest,
- specialty,
- involve,
- lay emphasis on,
- argue,
- irradiate,
- Luminate,
- cozy up,
- parade,
- indirect lighting,
- set forth,
- tint,
- distinct,
- disclose,
- represent,
- bring to attention,
- brightness,
- strip lighting,
- stand for,
- zenith,
- photosensitivity,
- Irradiancy,
- cotton up,
- exhibit,
- enact,
- sidle up,
- black and white,
- beacon,
- purposeful,
- insistent,
- chiaroscuro,
- sturdy,
- sidelight,
- enhance,
- bespeak,
- stage lighting,
- decisive,
- explode,
- radiancy,
- undeniable,
- categorical,
- point out,
- crest,
- arc lighting,
- divulge,
- show,
- attribute,
- be significant of,
- accurate,
- bring forward,
- apex,
- Relumine,
- definitive,
- attraction,
- lighten,
- illume,
- produce,
- embody,
- throw light upon,
- evidence,
- character,
- stick out,
- give sign,
- rigid,
- ingredient,
- wave,
- roll out,
- materialize,
- illumination,
- bring forth,
- decorate,
- heighten,
- definite,
- color,
- crucial,
- chef-d'oeuvre,
- hype,
- bring into prominence,
- masterpiece,
- flourish,
- hint,
- Overshine,
- culmination,
- connote,
- harp on,
- quality.
How to use "Highlight" in context?
Highlight is photography at its finest. When a photographer captures the perfect moment, they have created a highlight reel. Highlights can be of any kind, whether they are captured inanimate objects or living people. They are usually a retrospective summing up of a day, week, month, or year. Highlighting a moment can be as simple as snapping a photo of the person of your dreams or as complicated as managing to get everything just right in a long exposure shot.
Paraphrases for Highlight:
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Equivalence
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Coordinating conjunction
underline.
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Adjective
highlighting.
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Proper noun, singular
highlighting, underline, underlines.
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Noun, singular or mass
highlighting.
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Verb, past tense
emphasised, underline, underlined.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
underline, underlines, emphasises.
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Verb, base form
underline, underlined, underlines.
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Coordinating conjunction
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
brightness, climax, conspicuous, forte, height, mention, milestone, note, pinnacle, point, Focuses, underlining, emphasising.
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Verb, past tense
advised, concerned, demonstrated, identified, illustrated, noted, outlined, pointed, stressed, Echoed, Indicated, Mentioned, Commented, underscored.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
note.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
honours, explains, notes, demonstrates, illustrates, indicates, suggests, shows, points, reflects, depicts, identifies, underscores.
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Verb, base form
accentuate, address, assert, bring, capture, cite, clarify, commemorate, concentrate, confirm, demonstrate, denounce, depict, describe, detect, disclose, distinguish, dwell, enlighten, exemplify, explain, expose, heighten, illuminate, illustrate, impress, indicate, inform, insist, lay, light, mention, note, overemphasize, pinpoint, point, promote, publicize, quote, raise, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, reaffirm, recall, refer, reflect, reinforce, remind, rent, reveal, sharpen, stressed, suggest, testify, warn, Describing, notes, underscored.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
culmination.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Highlight:
v.
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make up.
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