Highlight

Quick meaning: Highlight is a noun meaning (painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

Meaning

(painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
2. (cosmetics) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
3. (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
4. (transitive) To be a highlight of.
5. (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
6. (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
7. (transitive, Internet) To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.

Example Sentences

Meeting my future wife was the highlight of my trip to Spain.

We'll be broadcasting the news highlights every half an hour.

Farmer highlights the fact that the reasons why causing offence is (or is not) deemed criminalizable are often historically specific, and follows Duff in counselling against attempts to ground criminalization in some 'master principle'[…]

The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.

Word Forms

• highlights
• highlighting
• highlighted
• highlit

Synonyms for highlight

Depending on context, synonyms include relieve, spotlight, foreground, highlighting.

Antonyms for highlight

Common opposites include lowlight, background.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foreground, spotlight, underlining, underscore, underline, depict.

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