Antonyms for highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪthigh·light

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. highlightnoun

   To be a highlight of.

   Antonyms:
   lowlight

Matched Categories

1. • Bring Out
   • Make Up

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

How to use highlight in a sentence?

1. Stephen Onufrak:

   Along with just offering those foods, they can promote them, make them attractive, delicious, priced competitively with less healthy foods, highlight them on menus, and put them in a prominent place.

2. Martin Dempsey:

   When you ask me what are the prospects for a spring offensive, we're working with Iraqis, military and civilian leaders, to determine the pace at which we will encourage them and enable them to do a counteroffensive, but I want to make sure I also highlight the fact that this isn't about ... waiting till the spring to do anything.

3. Muriel Bowser:

   One missing young person, is one too many, and these new initiatives will help us do more to find and protect young people, particularly young girls of color, across our city, through social media, we have been able to highlight this problem and bring awareness to open cases, and now we are doing more to ensure that families and children are receiving the wraparound services they need to keep families together and children safe.

4. Rachelle Simpson:

   To be in the Olympics would be another highlight in my life, i was an okay gymnast, but I gave up the dream of the Olympics a long time ago. To have it even just be whispered for the future -- just to have it in my thoughts is really cool.

5. Matt Feniger:

   It was time for us to follow suit in order to highlight the exceptional talent coming out of the U.S..

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