What is "highlighting" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "highlighting": an area of lightness in a picture

Noun

Synonyms:

showing, pushing, turning, recommending, headlining, promoting, presenting, starring, displaying, calling attention to, drawing attention to, giving center stage to, making much of, pointing up, showing off, turning the spotlight on, stress, accentuate, emphasize, underscore, highlight, intensify, underline, draw attention to, highlight, emphasize, underscore, underline, stress, accent, spotlight, feature, point up, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, give prominence to, highlight, expose, publish, introduce, emphasize, bring to light, utter, reiterate, repeat, affirm, accentuate, assert, indicate, maintain, underscore, highlight, point out, underline, punctuate, hit, pinpoint, weight, headline, pronounce, dramatize, enunciate, accent, enlarge, articulate, mark, charge, impress, press, spotlight, italicize, bear down, dwell on, limelight, play up, insist on, labor the point, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, point up, put accent on, rub in, flash, highlight, brighten, spotlight, ignite, illumine, irradiate, fire, light, lighten, spot, illume, kindle, limelight, light up, floodlight, hit with a light, exhibit, represent, illuminate, typify, mirror, portray, depict, explain, mark, emphasize, expose, clarify, highlight, interpret, delineate, reveal, manifest, personify, epitomize, embody, lay out, symbolize, spotlight, expound, picture, show, imitate, elucidate, clear, evidence, instance, evince, vivify, proclaim, disclose, clear up, get across, get over, limelight, show and tell, point up, allegorize, bring home, draw a picture, emblematize, make clear, make plain, ostend, ignite, shine, brighten, kindle, put on, turn on, limelight, illumine, irradiate, animate, inflame, fire, lighten, spot, cast, flood, illume, highlight, spotlight, light up, floodlight, furnish with light, make bright, make visible, switch on, accentuate, feature, highlight, magnify, stress, underline, underscore, italicize, point up, bring to the fore, call attention to, make a production of, turn spotlight on, reveal, discover, belittle, convict, debunk, defeat, discredit, highlight, invalidate, let down, mortify, pinpoint, put to shame, shame, undress, unmask, worst, lay bare, put spotlight on, show in bad light, uncloak, unshroud, highlight, publicize, accentuate, illuminate, limelight, feature, point up, floodlight, draw attention, give prominence, put on center stage, stress, indicate, accentuate, underscore, highlight, caption, bracket, feature, rule, italicize, check off, play up, point up, call attention to, draw attention to, give emphasis, interlineate, point to, highlight, stress, accentuate, mark, indicate, caption, accent, feature, italicize, call attention to, draw attention to, give emphasis, point to, weight, pronounce, articulate, feature, underline, pinpoint, headline, dramatize, accent, enlarge, mark, indicate, charge, accentuate, reiterate, repeat, hit, impress, enunciate, assert, stress, underscore, press, punctuate, affirm, maintain, highlight, spotlight, bear down, dwell on, limelight, play up, point out, insist on, labor the point, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, point up, put accent on, rub in,

Antonyms:

disacknowledge, minimize, mask, divert attention from, deny, mumble, ignore, play down, understate, lose, depreciate, forget, darken, obscure, complicate, involve, extinguish, put out, dull, cloud, conceal, hide, obscure, complicate, cover, confuse, save, darken, obscure, drench, extinguish, put out, dull, disenchant, turn off, quench, mount, play down, deemphasize, underrate, undervalue, conceal, hide, depart, leave, miss, secrete, be absent, turn aside, mumble, conceal, hide, ignore, deny, lose, reduce, neglect,