Synonyms for play up

Synonyms for (verb) play up

Synonyms: play up, spotlight, foreground, highlight

Definition: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

Usage: The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics

Similar words: set off, bring out

Definition: direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

Usage: This dress accentuates your nice figure!; I set off these words by brackets


Synonyms: cotton up, cozy up, suck up, shine up, sidle up, play up

Definition: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

Usage: She is playing up to the chairman

Similar words: ingratiate

Definition: gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts


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