| Main Entry: | accentuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus attention on |
Synonyms: |
accent, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, emphasize, feature, give prominence to, highlight, point up, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore |
Antonyms: |
divert attention from, mask |
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prominence to |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, advertise, blaze*, call attention to, emphasize, headline, italicize, make conspicuous, mark, play up, point up, present, promote, set off, spotlight*, star, stress, underline, underscore |
| Notes: | the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on |
| Main Entry: | play up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, bring to the fore, call attention to, feature, highlight, italicize, magnify, make a production of, point up, stress, turn spotlight on, underline, underscore |
Antonyms: |
deemphasize, play down, underrate, undervalue |
| Main Entry: | promote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, advance |
Synonyms: |
advertise, advocate, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, benefit, bolster, boost, build up*, call attention to, champion, contribute, cooperate, cry*, develop, encourage, endorse, espouse, forward, foster, further, get behind, hype*, improve, nourish, nurture, patronize, plug*, popularize, propagandize, publicize, puff, push, push for, recommend, sell, serve, speak for, speed, sponsor, stimulate, subsidize, succor, support, uphold, urge, work for |
Antonyms: |
condemn, discredit, dishonor, hurt |
| Main Entry: | underline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize; mark |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, bracket, call attention to, caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore |
| Main Entry: | underscore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | underline, emphasize |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, call attention to, caption, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, italicize, mark, point to, stress |