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The Meaning of highlight

  • (noun) an area of lightness in a picture
  • (noun) the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
  • (verb) apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"
  • (verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

Synonyms

high spot , highlighting , foreground , spotlight , play up

Antonyms

background , play down

Rhymes

acolyte , airtight , alight , allright , alright , ammonite , andesite , anorthite , anthracite , apartheid , apatite , appetite , arkwright , backbite , beit , bentonite , bight , biotite , birthright , bite , blight , boatwright , bright , brite , brucite , bullfight , byte , calcite , calite , campsite , canaanite , candlelight , carmelite , cartwright , cite , clevite , clyte , contrite , copyright , copywrite , cryolite , daylight , de-excite , delight , despite , dight , diorite , disinvite , displaywrite , dogfight , dolomite , downright , dunite , dwight , dynamite , ebright , enright , enwright , epsomite , erudite , exabyte , excite , expedite , extradite , eyesight , fahrenheit , fight , finite , fite , flashlight , flight , flite , floodlight , fluorite , flyte , footlight , foresight , forthright , fortnight , franklinite , fright , frostbite , fulbright , gametophyte , gigabyte , goodnight , granulocyte , graphite , gunfight , headlight , height , heit , hematite , hemimorphite , hermaphrodite , hiett , hight , hindsight , hite , hittite , hussite , ignite , impolite , incite , indict , indite , insight , invite , israelite , jacobite , jadeite , kilobyte , kite , knight , kyte , lafite , lazulite , leukocyte , light , lignite , limelight , limonite , lite , lucite , luddite , lymphocyte , macknight , magnesite , magnetite , maronite , masonite , mccright , mcknight , mcwright , megabyte , mennonite , meteorite , midnight , might , minorite , mite , monzonite , moonlight , muscovite , neophyte , niccolite , night , niobite , nite , nonwhite , onsite , outright , overexcite , overflight , overnight , overnite , oversight , overwrite , parasite , pegmatite , phlogopite , phosphorite , playwright , plebiscite , plight , polite , quite , recite , recondite , reignite , reunite , rewrite , right , rite , riunite , satellite , satterwhite , scheidt , searchlight , seawright , selenite , semi-height , shiite , shipwright , sight , site , skite , skylight , skylite , sleight , slight , smite , snakebite , socialite , spite , sporophyte , spotlight , sprite , starlight , sticktight , stoplight , streit , strite , suburbanite , sulfite , sunlight , sunlite , sylvite , tight , tonight , tonite , tripartite , trite , twilight , twite , underwrite , unite , upright , uptight , urbanite , wainwright , watertight , website , wheelwright , white , whyte , wight , wright , write , zeit