Spotlit Synonyms, Spotlit Antonyms

spotlit [spot-lahyt]

Main Entry:	spotlight [spot-lahyt] Show IPA/ˈspɒtˌlaɪt/ Show Spelled
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:	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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

* = informal/non-formal usage

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

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