Spotlight

/ˈspɑtˌlaɪt/

Synonyms for "spotlight" (171 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Noun(3 words)

limelight accentuatecity festival highlight

accent accentuate affect arcarc lightballyhoo beacon belabor betoken blurb brandish breathebright lightbrightenbrighten upbring forthbring forwardbring into viewbring outbring to notice

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celebritycolor filtercommon knowledgecry currency dangle daylight demonstrate develop dimmer disclose display

Strong matches (51)

divulge dramatizedwell oneclat embody emphasize enact enlighten evidence evince exhibitexpose to viewexposure express fame famousness feature flaunt floats flood

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flood with lightfloodlight flourish focusfocus of attentionfootlights foots gelatingive emphasis togive signgive tokenglareharp onhighlight hooplahue and cryillume illuminate

Noun(10 words)

emphasize feature featuring floodlight floodlights foreground glare glareole glasshouse highlight

Adjective(1 words)

featured

Verb(2 words)

foreground highlight

Related words (85)

illumine incarnate indicate irradiate italicizeklieg lightlightlight plotlight sourcelight uplighten lights limelight luminatemake a federal casemake a show ofmake clearmake plainmanifest marquee

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materializemaximum disseminationmean medium notoriety overaccentuate overemphasize overshine overstress parade performplace emphasis onplay plug pointpoint uppr presentpress noticeproducepublic eyepublic knowledgepublic relationspublic reportpublicitypublicity storypublicness puff punctuate reclame relume relumine report represent revealroll outrub insearchlightset forthshed light uponshine uponshowshow forthspot star stressthrow light upontokentrot outunderline underscore unfold wavewrite upwrite-up

Noun(9 words)

intense glarejacklight lamp lesvospublic eyepublicity publicize searchlights spot

Verb(1 words)

play up

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More general

15 entries

attentionbring outemphasize illume illuminate illumination illumine lamp lightlight upprominence publicizeset offvisibility

More specific

7 entries

accentuate feature floodlight followspot foregroundmedia attentionpress coverage

Collocations

10 entries

media spotlightspotlight analysisspotlight beamspotlight effectspotlight findingsspotlight issuespotlight momentspotlight on climate changespotlight researchstage spotlight

Inflections

3 entries

spotlighted spotlighting spotlights

Derivations

5 entries

spotlighted spotlighter spotlighting spotlights spotlit

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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They prefer the shadows rather than the spotlight.

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The congressman has been in the spotlight ever since his untoward remarks about African Americans.

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It's hard for me to always be in the spotlight.

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I love being in the spotlight.

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