Synonyms of spotlighted

spotlighted 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in highlighted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• highlighted
• illuminated
• lighted
• lit
• brightened
• floodlighted
• illumined
• alight
• light
• floodlit
• ignited
• kindled
• lightsome
• bright
• ablaze
• shiny
• sunlit
• moonlit
• sunshiny
• sunny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• blackened
• dark
• dimmed
• dusky
• dusk
• unlit
• somber
• gloomy
• darkish
• pitch-black
• obscured
• sombre
• pitch-dark
• lightless
• darkling
• shadowy
• gray
• murky
• grey
• cloudy
• pale
• tenebrous
• leaden
• shadowlike
• sunless
• lightproof

2

as in publicized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publicized
• posted
• proclaimed
• aired
• announced
• published
• heralded
• advertised
• disclosed
• declared
• broadcast
• promulgated
• prevalent
• widespread
• well-known
• divulged
• rife
• unclassified
• current
• shared
• nonclassified
• reported
• general
• popular
• communal
• reputed
• public
• rumored
• open

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• classified
• private
• secret
• privy
• confidential
• undisclosed
• unannounced
• unadvertised
• covert
• clandestine
• personal
• withheld
• undercover
• conspiratorial
• intimate
• surreptitious
• collusive
• suppressed
• concealed
• reserved
• stifled
• revoked
• repressed
• underhanded
• retracted
• underhand
• silenced
• recanted

spotlighted

2 of 2

verb

variants or spotlit

past tense of spotlight

as in identified

Synonyms & Similar Words

• identified
• focused
• highlighted
• featured
• focussed
• emphasized
• punctuated
• pinpointed
• accentuated
• accented
• pointed (up)
• stressed
• advertised
• publicized
• illuminated
• foregrounded
• promoted
• pressed
• played up
• plugged
• boosted
• overplayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understated
• played down
• minimized
• underemphasized
• de-emphasized
• discounted
• toned (down)
• disparaged
• belittled