Synonyms for foreground
ˈfɔrˌgraʊnd, ˈfoʊr-fore·ground

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1. foregroundnoun

   the part of a scene that is near the viewer

   Antonyms:
   background, downplay, play down

2. foregroundverb

   (computer science) a window for an active application

   Antonyms:
   downplay, background, play down

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, highlight, cotton up, spotlight, shine up

   Antonyms:
   play down, background, downplay

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1. List of paraphrases for "foreground":

   forefront, fore, originals, close-up

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1. Adrian Hogan:

   Once I drew on the coffee cup, I filmed it and rotated the coffee cup at the same time, so you have the panorama of the background and the coffee cup in the foreground.

2. Constantin Stanislavski:

   We have as many planes of speech as does a painting planes of perspective which create perspective in a phrase. The most important word stands out most vividly defined in the very foreground of the sound plane. Less important words create a series of deeper planes.

3. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:

   That is not in the foreground. What is in the foreground is what has been agreed last year must be implemented.

4. Canada Governor Stephen Poloz:

   We estimate that it's a sort of a three-year period while the negatives are still ongoing in the background and the positives are emerging in the foreground.

5. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Photographers often speak of subjects in the 'foreground' of a landscape scene. Has any famous photographer ever dared to venture to refer to a five, six or more 'grounds' in one of their developments?