| Main Entry: | spotlight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus attention on |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, draw attention, feature, floodlight, give prominence, highlight, illuminate, limelight, point up, publicize, put on center stage |
Antonyms: |
turn aside |
| 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: | build up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amplify, advertise |
Synonyms: |
add to, boost, develop, enhance, expand, extend, fortify, heighten, hype, improve, increase, intensify, plug*, promote, publicize, puff, reinforce, spotlight, strengthen |
Antonyms: |
lessen, let down, play down, weaken |
| Main Entry: | emphasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stress, give priority to |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
| 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: | focus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim attention at |
Synonyms: |
adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concenter, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten, fix, fixate, get detail, home in, home in on, hone in, join, key on, knuckle down, meet, move in, pinpoint, pour it on, put, rivet, sharpen, spotlight*, sweat*, zero in, zoom in |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | illuminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make light |
Synonyms: |
brighten, fire, flash, floodlight, highlight, hit with a light, ignite, illume, illumine, irradiate, kindle, light, light up, lighten, limelight, spot, spotlight |
Antonyms: |
cloud, darken, obscure |
| Main Entry: | illustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demonstrate, exemplify |
Synonyms: |
allegorize, bring home, clarify, clear, clear up, delineate, depict, disclose, draw a picture, elucidate, emblematize, embody, emphasize, epitomize, evidence, evince, exhibit, explain, expose, expound, get across, get over, highlight, illuminate, imitate, instance, interpret, lay out, limelight, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, mirror, ostend, personify, picture, point up, portray, proclaim, represent, reveal, show, show and tell, spotlight*, symbolize, typify, vivify |
Antonyms: |
hide, obscure |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | illuminate |
Synonyms: |
animate, brighten, cast, fire, flood, floodlight, furnish with light, highlight, ignite, illume, illumine, inflame, irradiate, kindle, light up, lighten, limelight, make bright, make visible, put on, shine, spot, spotlight, switch on, turn on |
Antonyms: |
darken, dull, obscure |
| Main Entry: | publicize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make widely known; promote |
Synonyms: |
advance, advertise, announce, bill, billboard, boost*, broadcast, build up*, cry, drum, extol, hard sell, headline, hype*, immortalize, make a pitch for, pitch, play up, plug*, press-agent, promulgate, propagandize, puff, push, put on the map, skywrite, soft-sell, splash, spot*, spotlight*, spread, tout, trumpet, write up |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide, secret |