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featuring
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | giving prominence to |
| Synonyms: | calling attention to, displaying, drawing attention to, giving center stage to, headlining, highlighting, making much of, pointing up, presenting, promoting, pushing, recommending, showing, showing off, starring, turning, turning the spotlight on |
| 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: | spangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shimmer |
| Synonyms: | adorn, coruscate, decorate, flash, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ornament, sequin, sparkle, sprinkle, star, trim, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | bespangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, decorate, dot, garnish, light, sequin, sprinkle, star, stud, trim |
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act |
| Synonyms: | be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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