highlight

/haɪ,laɪt/ verbnoun
9 letters2 syllables20 points in Scrabble®20 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
VERB
1

Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.

“The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics”

2

Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent.

“highlight the area above your eyebrows”

NOUN
1

The most interesting or memorable part.

“the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican”

2

An area of lightness in a picture.

WORD FORMS
Related formhighlighter
Related formhighlighting
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®20 points
Words With Friends®20 points
Double word40 points
Triple word60 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinighlighthay
Starts & ends withH … T
Syllableshigh · light
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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