'highlight' definitions:
Definition of 'highlight'
From: WordNet
noun
The most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican" [syn: highlight, high spot]
noun
An area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight, highlighting]
verb
Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down]
verb
Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"
Definition of 'highlight'
From: GCIDE
- highlight \highlight\ v. t.
- 1. To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
- Syn: foreground, spotlight, play up. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part. [PJC]
Definition of 'highlight'
From: GCIDE
- highlight \highlight\ n. The part of an image that has the most intense light. [PJC]
- 2. The most memorable or enjoyable part; -- of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'highlight'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- accentuate,
- affect,
- arc lighting,
- argue,
- be indicative of,
- be significant of,
- be symptomatic of,
- beacon,
- belabor,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- black and white,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- characterize,
- chiaroscuro,
- connote,
- contrast,
- dangle,
- decorative lighting,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- denote,
- develop,
- differentiate,
- direct lighting,
- disclose,
- display,
- divulge,
- dramatize,
- dwell on,
- electric lighting,
- emanation,
- embody,
- emphasize,
- enact,
- enlighten,
- enlightenment,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- feature,
- festoon lighting,
- flaunt,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- floodlighting,
- flourish,
- fluorescent lighting,
- gaslighting,
- give emphasis to,
- give evidence,
- give sign,
- give token,
- glow lighting,
- harp on,
- high spot,
- highlights,
- hint,
- identify,
- illume,
- illuminate,
- illumination,
- illumine,
- incandescent lighting,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- indirect lighting,
- involve,
- irradiance,
- irradiancy,
- irradiate,
- irradiation,
- italicize,
- light,
- light and shade,
- light source,
- light up,
- lighten,
- lighting,
- luminate,
- luminous energy,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- mark,
- materialize,
- mean,
- note,
- outstanding feature,
- overaccentuate,
- overemphasize,
- overhead lighting,
- overshine,
- overstress,
- parade,
- perform,
- photosensitivity,
- place emphasis on,
- point up,
- present,
- produce,
- punctuate,
- radiance,
- radiancy,
- radiant energy,
- radiation,
- relume,
- relumine,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll out,
- rub in,
- set forth,
- shed light upon,
- shine upon,
- show,
- show forth,
- sidelight,
- signify,
- spot lighting,
- spotlight,
- stage lighting,
- stand for,
- star,
- stress,
- strip lighting,
- suggest,
- symptomatize,
- symptomize,
- testify,
- throw light upon,
- token,
- tonality,
- trot out,
- underline,
- underscore,
- unfold,
- visible radiation,
- wave