Limelight

Synonyms for "limelight" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(3 words)
calcium lightspotlightattract attention
arcarc lightattentionballyhooblurbbright lightcelebritycolor filtercommon knowledgecrycurrency

Strong matches (21)

Related words (34)

lamplight plotlight sourcelightsmarqueemaximum disseminationmediumnotorietyplugprpress noticepublic eyepublic knowledgepublic relationspublic reportpublicitypublicity storypublicnesspuffreclame
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Noun(9 words)
lime lightpromotepublic eyepublicitypublicizereceive public noticerecognitionrenownspotlights

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
attentionhighlighting actionlamplightingprominencepublic attentionpublic communicationstage lightingvisibility

More specific

8 entries
calcium lightcelebrity statusfamefeaturinglime lightnotorietyshowcasingspotlighting

Collocations

10 entries
bear the limelightbring into the limelightdraw into the limelightin the limelightout of the limelightseek the limelightshine in the limelightstay in the limelightstep into the limelightthe limelight

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries
lime light

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm not accustomed to being in the limelight.

Source: tatoeba (3703079)

I was gonna do a cartwheel, but I didn't want to steal the limelight.

Source: tatoeba (3703103)

The vision of the "new German Man" is in the limelight.

Source: tatoeba (3703118)

Tom is happy to let Mary and John take the limelight.

Source: tatoeba (6369870)

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