826 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ spˈɒtla͡ɪt], [ spˈɒtla‍ɪt], [ s_p_ˈɒ_t_l_aɪ_t]

Similar words for spotlight:

• artifact (noun)
• attention (noun)
• attention; bright beam of light (noun)
• center stage (noun)
• focus (noun)
• foreground (noun)
• heed (noun)
• infamousness (noun)
• light source (noun)
• limelight (noun)
• meticulousness (noun)
• notoriety (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• public eye (noun)
• publicity (noun)
• stage (noun)
• accentuate (verb)
• build up (verb)
• emphasize (verb)
• feature (verb)
• focus (verb)
• focus attention on (verb)
• illuminate (verb)
• illustrate (verb)
• light (verb)
• publicize (verb)
• publish (verb)
• stress (verb)
• unearth (verb)
• other synonyms
• build up
• focus
• light
• other relevant words
• publicize
• publish
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "spotlight" in context?

Paraphrases for spotlight

Holonyms for spotlight

Hyponyms for spotlight

Synonyms for Spotlight:

• n.

  •
  • regard,
  • observant,
  • fixated,
  • concerned,
  • under someone's critical eye,
  • focused,
  • alert,
  • attentive,
  • attention span.
  •
  • gleam,
  • sparkle,
  • shine,
  • catch the light,
  • flash.
  •
  • glow,
  • the light.
  •
  • immortality,
  • exposure,
  • renown,
  • the spotlight,
  • greatness,
  • stardom,
  • celebrity.
  •
  • underline,
  • put/throw something into (sharp/stark) relief,
  • make a production out of something,
  • throw something open,
  • emphasise.
  •
  • sodium,
  • hurricane lamp,
  • nightlight.
  • artifact (noun)
  • spot,
  • spotlight.
  • attention (noun)
  • tender loving care,
  • big rush,
  • ministrations,
  • looking after,
  • ministration.
  • attention; bright beam of light (noun)
  • interest,
  • Fame,
  • notoriety,
  • public attention,
  • flashlight.
  • center stage (noun)
  • center-stage.
  • focus (noun)
  • polestar,
  • Foci,
  • head quarters,
  • bull's eye,
  • point of convergence,
  • hub,
  • cynosure,
  • polestars.
  • foreground (noun)
  • foreground.
  • heed (noun)
  • Re-mark.
  • infamousness (noun)
  • in famousness,
  • in-famousness.
  • light source (noun)
  • headlight,
  • torch,
  • flare,
  • flame,
  • beacon,
  • star,
  • desk light,
  • searchlight,
  • incandescent light,
  • oil lamp,
  • Illuminator,
  • mercury-vapor lamp,
  • neon light,
  • floor lamp,
  • Tungsten lamp,
  • sun,
  • taper,
  • street lamp,
  • candle,
  • light bulb,
  • moon,
  • arc lamp,
  • jack-o'-lantern,
  • fire,
  • moonbeam,
  • pilot light,
  • fluorescent light,
  • lantern,
  • table lamp,
  • klieg light.
  • limelight (noun)
  • fifteen minutes of fame,
  • focus of attention,
  • public recognition,
  • media attention,
  • renowns,
  • focus attention,
  • public interest,
  • public notice.
  • meticulousness (noun)
  • painstakings.
  • notoriety (noun)
  • dis repute,
  • dis reputes,
  • dis-repute,
  • dis-honor,
  • dis-reputes,
  • dis honors,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-honors.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • lamp,
  • thoroughness,
  • mise-en-scene,
  • publicity,
  • focus,
  • show biz,
  • legits,
  • scrupulousness,
  • center stage,
  • stage set,
  • Infamousness,
  • public eye,
  • ink,
  • prominence,
  • footlight,
  • footlights,
  • heed,
  • wises,
  • stagings,
  • inks,
  • attention,
  • limelight,
  • broadways,
  • stage.
  • public eye (noun)
  • public consciousness,
  • public scrutiny.
  • publicity (noun)
  • build-ups,
  • build-up,
  • press-agentry,
  • promos,
  • writeup,
  • big noise,
  • billings,
  • PRS,
  • commercials.
  • stage (noun)
  • off broadway,
  • off broadways,
  • offbroadways,
  • off-broadways,
  • show bizzes,
  • mise-en-scenes,
  • stage sets,
  • offbroadway.

• v.

  • accentuate (verb)
  • drew attention to,
  • under-lines,
  • under-scoring,
  • bringing attention to,
  • pointed up,
  • under scored,
  • called attention to,
  • under scoring,
  • gives prominence to,
  • giving prominence to,
  • under line,
  • under lined,
  • under-lined,
  • gave prominence to,
  • under lines,
  • under-line,
  • calls attention to,
  • brought attention to,
  • under-scored,
  • under score,
  • points up,
  • draws attention to,
  • under-scores,
  • under scores,
  • brings attention to,
  • under lining,
  • under-score.
  • build up (verb)
  • ex tending,
  • ex-tend,
  • in creasing,
  • pro-mote,
  • hyping,
  • ex tended,
  • pro-moting,
  • in creases,
  • ex tends,
  • pro-motes,
  • pro moting,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex tend,
  • in-crease,
  • in crease,
  • ex-tended,
  • in-creased,
  • in-creases,
  • ex-tending.
  • emphasize (verb)
  • labored the point,
  • laboring point,
  • re-peats,
  • making point,
  • head lines,
  • labor point,
  • insists on,
  • head-lined,
  • re-peat,
  • re peat,
  • makes a point,
  • made much of,
  • rubbed in,
  • making emphatic,
  • made emphatic,
  • re iterating,
  • makes much of,
  • head lining,
  • re iterates,
  • makes emphatic,
  • limelighted,
  • re-iterated,
  • labored point,
  • limelighting,
  • makes point,
  • re iterate,
  • made point,
  • head lined,
  • insisted on,
  • labors the point,
  • putting accent on,
  • laboring the point,
  • makes clear,
  • re iterated,
  • re peats,
  • labors point,
  • rubs in,
  • re-iterate,
  • insisting on,
  • make point,
  • head-lining.
  • feature (verb)
  • making conspicuous,
  • pre sent,
  • pre-sent,
  • made conspicuous,
  • sets off,
  • pre-sents.
  • focus (verb)
  • gotten detail,
  • homing in,
  • homed on,
  • rivetted,
  • keying on,
  • getting detail,
  • pouring on,
  • gets detail,
  • keys on,
  • Concentering,
  • homing in on,
  • homed in on,
  • keyed on,
  • homed in,
  • poured it on,
  • pouring it on,
  • concenters,
  • Concentered,
  • gat detail,
  • homing on,
  • pours on,
  • got detail,
  • homes in,
  • poured on,
  • zeroing in,
  • rivetting,
  • zooming in,
  • zoom in,
  • honed in,
  • hones in,
  • moves in.
  • focus attention on (verb)
  • highlight,
  • give prominence,
  • put on center stage,
  • draw attention.
  • illuminate (verb)
  • hitting with a light,
  • hits with a light,
  • hitting with light,
  • lights up,
  • hits with light,
  • lighting up,
  • hit with light.
  • illustrate (verb)
  • de picts,
  • de-picts,
  • Re-present,
  • dis closing,
  • ex-plained,
  • ex-pounding,
  • ostends,
  • draw picture,
  • ex-plaining,
  • pro claimed,
  • shows and tell,
  • ex pose,
  • ex pound,
  • ex-pounded,
  • de-lineate,
  • de lineate,
  • ex plaining,
  • drew a picture,
  • emblematizes,
  • de-lineated,
  • draws picture,
  • dis-closed,
  • draws a picture,
  • dis-close,
  • re-veal,
  • ex-posed,
  • de lineated,
  • ex plains,
  • ex-plains,
  • drawing picture,
  • de pict,
  • pro-claiming,
  • ex-plain,
  • ex pounding,
  • re-presenting,
  • re-presents,
  • pro claim,
  • ex plain,
  • ex posed,
  • ex-pound,
  • re present,
  • ex pounded,
  • show tell,
  • drew picture,
  • in-stance,
  • showed and tell,
  • ostended,
  • making plain,
  • showing tell,
  • in-stances,
  • dis-closes,
  • ex-pose,
  • pro claims,
  • ex-posing,
  • showing and tell,
  • makes plain,
  • re-veals,
  • ex-pounds,
  • ostending,
  • ex pounds,
  • de-pict,
  • re veals,
  • brought home,
  • in stances,
  • dis close,
  • made plain,
  • ex plained,
  • re presented,
  • dis closed,
  • re presents,
  • dis-closing,
  • shows tell,
  • pro-claims,
  • drawing a picture,
  • re presenting,
  • bringing home,
  • dis closes,
  • re-presented,
  • pro claiming.
  • light (verb)
  • in flamed,
  • in-flame,
  • makes visible,
  • in flaming,
  • switches on,
  • furnished with light,
  • furnishing with light,
  • furnishes with light,
  • in-flames,
  • makes bright,
  • made visible,
  • making bright,
  • made bright,
  • in-flamed,
  • in flame.
  • publicize (verb)
  • makes a pitch for,
  • pressagented,
  • softselling,
  • made a pitch for,
  • putting on the map,
  • billboarded,
  • makes pitch for,
  • skywrote,
  • put the map,
  • softsell,
  • soft selling,
  • puts on the map,
  • softsold,
  • puts map,
  • putting map,
  • softsells,
  • ex-tolled,
  • wrote up,
  • soft-sells,
  • pressagent,
  • ex tolled,
  • ex tolling,
  • making pitch for,
  • billboarding,
  • press-agents,
  • putting on map,
  • hard sold,
  • soft-sold,
  • make pitch for,
  • pressagents,
  • press-agented,
  • skywritten,
  • hard selling,
  • pressagenting,
  • press-agenting,
  • put map,
  • press agenting,
  • press agented,
  • writing up,
  • puts the map,
  • soft sold,
  • ex-tolling.
  • publish (verb)
  • letted it be known,
  • de clares,
  • dis tributes,
  • re-ported,
  • lets be known,
  • dis tribute,
  • re ported,
  • pro duces,
  • letting it be known,
  • put print,
  • dis-tributes,
  • re porting,
  • de clare,
  • puts print,
  • lets it be known,
  • re-porting,
  • putting print,
  • de-clare,
  • pro-duces,
  • puts in print,
  • letting be known,
  • de-clares,
  • letted be known,
  • putting in print,
  • dis-tribute,
  • pro duce.
  • stress (verb)
  • be-labor,
  • be labors,
  • lays emphasis on,
  • be labor,
  • be-labors,
  • be labored,
  • be-laboring,
  • be laboring,
  • be-labored,
  • laying emphasis on.
  • unearth (verb)
  • dis-interring,
  • un-earths,
  • dis interring,
  • dredges up,
  • saw the light,
  • un-buries,
  • un-cover,
  • dis-covers,
  • seeing light,
  • un-earthed,
  • dis interred,
  • un covered,
  • catches on,
  • dis-covering,
  • ex-hume,
  • hitting upon,
  • bring light,
  • ex cavate,
  • un cover,
  • un earthing,
  • up rooted,
  • un-burying,
  • up root,
  • dredged up,
  • un covering,
  • stumbled on,
  • catching on,
  • saw light,
  • hit up on,
  • un-earthing,
  • un buried,
  • ex hume,
  • sees light,
  • hits upon,
  • un earth,
  • dis covering,
  • un-covers,
  • hitting up on,
  • dredging up,
  • dis-cover,
  • up rooting,
  • un earths,
  • dis-interred,
  • up-rooting,
  • stumbles on,
  • dis covered,
  • un-bury,
  • dis covers,
  • un-earth,
  • un covers,
  • un-buried,
  • up-root,
  • un earthed,
  • un-covering,
  • dis-covered,
  • sees the light,
  • ex-cavate,
  • un buries,
  • stumbling on,
  • un burying,
  • dis cover.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lamplight,
  • sunbeam,
  • sunlight,
  • candlelight,
  • incident ray,
  • torchlight.
  •
  • sunshine,
  • daylight,
  • gaslight.
  •
  • ray.
  • build up
  • fortify,
  • hyped.
  • focus
  • moving in,
  • Riveted,
  • pour it on,
  • zero in,
  • get detail,
  • pour on,
  • zeroed in,
  • hone in,
  • move in,
  • home in,
  • home on,
  • concenter.
  • light
  • making visible,
  • make visible,
  • switched on,
  • furnish with light,
  • switching on,
  • make bright,
  • switch on,
  • in flames,
  • Lights.
  • Other relevant words:
  • Ferrets,
  • publicize,
  • draw a picture,
  • under-lining,
  • light,
  • highlights,
  • point up,
  • Emblematizing,
  • Emblematize,
  • allegorize,
  • feature,
  • set off,
  • make much of,
  • floodlights,
  • make clear,
  • headlining,
  • catch on,
  • see light,
  • light up,
  • bring home,
  • illuminate,
  • pointing up,
  • floodlighted,
  • rub in,
  • italicize,
  • draw attention to,
  • weighting,
  • unburying,
  • ferret,
  • floodlight,
  • Allegorized,
  • making much of,
  • see the light,
  • make emphatic,
  • Unbury,
  • floodlit,
  • Emblematized,
  • insist on,
  • lit up,
  • Head-line,
  • hit upon,
  • Ferreting,
  • bring attention to,
  • allegorizes,
  • illustrate,
  • starring,
  • illuminating,
  • unearth,
  • calling attention to,
  • made clear,
  • unburied,
  • drawing attention to,
  • make plain,
  • Allegorizing,
  • floodlighting,
  • put accent on,
  • dredge up,
  • labor the point,
  • highlighting,
  • accentuate,
  • brings home,
  • build up,
  • unburies,
  • emphasize,
  • hit with a light,
  • make a point,
  • caught on,
  • setting off,
  • call attention to,
  • highlighted,
  • lighted up,
  • weighted,
  • publish,
  • stress,
  • starred,
  • headlined,
  • give prominence to.
  • publicize
  • make a pitch for,
  • put on the map,
  • press-agent,
  • skywrite,
  • skywriting.
  • publish
  • published,
  • let it be known,
  • put in print,
  • let be known.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • develop,
  • Relume,
  • eclat,
  • note,
  • dramatise,
  • embody,
  • blot,
  • public knowledge,
  • position,
  • puff,
  • grade,
  • pay attention to,
  • frugal,
  • conscientious,
  • particular,
  • public report,
  • set forth,
  • bring forth,
  • deliberate,
  • flaunt,
  • smirch,
  • disclosure,
  • represent,
  • sport,
  • currency,
  • plug,
  • bring forward,
  • enlighten,
  • dapple,
  • mail,
  • ballyhoo,
  • thrifty,
  • irradiate,
  • bring into view,
  • accent,
  • methodical,
  • fix,
  • projector,
  • wave,
  • promote,
  • floats,
  • chary,
  • overemphasize,
  • point,
  • smear,
  • mean,
  • smudge,
  • Relumine,
  • discreet,
  • blaze,
  • betoken,
  • show,
  • belabor,
  • daub,
  • place,
  • advertise,
  • demonstrate,
  • fleck,
  • display,
  • pip,
  • materialise,
  • mindful,
  • belabour,
  • meet,
  • token,
  • Famousness,
  • patch,
  • express,
  • illume,
  • dangle,
  • centre,
  • openness,
  • berth,
  • stain,
  • divulge,
  • thoughtful,
  • medium,
  • hue and cry,
  • dwell on,
  • soil,
  • headline,
  • arc,
  • hype,
  • hoopla,
  • throw light upon,
  • write up,
  • trot out,
  • affect,
  • slur,
  • cozy up,
  • pinpoint,
  • prudent,
  • manifest,
  • brilliance,
  • situation,
  • produce,
  • post,
  • parade,
  • play up,
  • give heed to,
  • perform,
  • Foots,
  • puff up,
  • blurb,
  • shine up,
  • painstaking,
  • sidle up,
  • indicate,
  • overstress,
  • circumspect,
  • uncover,
  • unfold,
  • cautious,
  • brighten,
  • flourish,
  • glare,
  • heart,
  • exhibit,
  • gelatin,
  • lay emphasis on,
  • reveal,
  • bring out,
  • enact,
  • brandish,
  • report,
  • materialize,
  • cotton up,
  • Publicness,
  • concentrate,
  • glower,
  • evince,
  • lay stress on,
  • dimmer,
  • common knowledge,
  • speck,
  • blemish,
  • harp on,
  • diligent,
  • converge,
  • bit,
  • speckle,
  • careful,
  • flood,
  • present,
  • focus on,
  • topographic point,
  • meeting point,
  • bring into prominence,
  • delicate,
  • center,
  • audio visual,
  • focal point,
  • roll out,
  • publicity story,
  • bring into focus,
  • center of attention,
  • bright light,
  • incarnate,
  • color,
  • mark,
  • economical,
  • coverage,
  • disclose,
  • touch,
  • marquee,
  • reclame,
  • evidence,
  • billet,
  • underscore,
  • headlamp,
  • office,
  • give sign,
  • light source,
  • cry,
  • breathe,
  • public relations,
  • revelation,
  • heedful,
  • Luminate,
  • dramatize,
  • calcium light,
  • posture,
  • brighten up,
  • disport,
  • punctuate,
  • pay attention,
  • illumine,
  • aware,
  • lighten,
  • Overshine,
  • play,
  • arc light,
  • maculation.

How to use "Spotlight" in context?

Paraphrases for Spotlight:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Focuses, Foci.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    light, Lights.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    light.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    accent, foreground, searchlight, star, Fora.
  • Verb, base form
    emphasise, emphasize.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    attentiveness, celebrity, flagship, fore, forefront, hotbed, limelight, microscope, prominence.

Holonyms for Spotlight:

• n.

  • artifact
    theater light.

Hyponym for Spotlight:

• n.

  • artifact
    lamp.

• v.

  • change
    illuminate, light, illumine, light up, illume.