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