Definitions

to the fore

ADJECTIVE

prominent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outstanding

WEAK

arresting beetling bulging easily seen embossed extended extrusive eye-catching flashy hanging out hilly in the foreground jutting marked noticeable obtrusive obvious projecting pronounced protruding protrusive protuberant raised relieved remarkable rough rugged salient shooting out signal standing out striking 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 foreground in the lead leading on precedent precedently preceding previous progressing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

behind

ADVERB

forward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead along onward out

STRONG

ante fore forth

WEAK

alee antecedently before beforehand in advance into prominence into view on precedently previous vanward

Antonyms

WEAK

back backward past

Example Sentences

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She said he had told her to "imagine a big stop sign" when her emotions threatened to come to the fore.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The stock market’s soaring tech-led rally may have finally met its match as an old foe returned to the fore.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Former President Hassan Rouhani, while loathed by parts of the clergy, has in recent months returned to the fore and has experience dealing with the West.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Just as early voting began this week, though, a tragic story involving a former Gonzales staffer from last year has come back to the fore.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

When the GAC weighed the two proposals, questions of morale and laboratory politics, not scientific merit, came to the fore.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

to the fore

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