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in the foreground

ADJECTIVE

front

Synonyms

STRONGEST

frontal

STRONG

advanced anterior facial first fore forward head leading obverse

WEAK

ahead foremost headmost topmost vanward ventral

Antonyms

STRONG

inferior last

WEAK

back ending final finishing rear

ADJECTIVE

prominent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outstanding

WEAK

arresting beetling bulging easily seen embossed extended extrusive eye-catching flashy hanging out hilly jutting marked noticeable obtrusive obvious projecting pronounced protruding protrusive protuberant raised relieved remarkable rough rugged salient shooting out signal standing out striking to the fore unmistakable

Antonyms

WEAK

depressed inconspicuous invisible obscure obscured ordinary sunken

ADVERB

ahead

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advanced along before earlier forward

STRONG

beforehand forwards onward onwards

WEAK

advancing ante antecedently at an advantage at the head first fore foremost in the lead leading on precedent precedently preceding previous progressing to the fore

Antonyms

STRONGEST

behind

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The white peak of the Chimborazo rhymes with the white of a waterfall in the foreground, which serves as the focal point of the composition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

As the supernova's light travels toward Earth, it passes by two galaxies in the foreground.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

And then I stumbled upon this car — the car that’s in the foreground of the painting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The iconic photograph taken by astronaut William Anders captured the bright blue Earth against the vast darkness of space, with the Moon's cratered surface in the foreground.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Incidentally, may I ask if the young lady in the foreground in the blue outfit is Mary Magdalene?

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

in the foreground

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