Background and Spotlight

Opposite meaning words

Background verb - Understate the importance or quality of.

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Spotlight is an antonym for background.

Spotlight verb - Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.

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Background is an antonym for spotlight.

Nearby Words: spotlit, spotlighted, spotlighting

sympathetic	sympathetic background	sympathetic spotlight
similar	similar background	similar spotlight
green	green background	green spotlight
single	single background	single spotlight
Other adjectives: bright, actual, real, blue, little, main, yellow, red.

In Tokyo Mew Mew, Berri takes over the spotlight in a La Mode as Ichigo joins the other Mew Mews in being background characters.

Source: Spotlight-Stealing Squad
RainbowDoubleDash's Lunaverse, conceived as an Alternate Universe version of MLP, was founded on the premise of bringing minor/background characters into the spotlight, while putting the stars of the real show in the background.

Source: Website / Fimfiction.Net
Out of Focus: Smiley fades into the background for much of The Honourable Schoolboy as Jerrry Westerby steps into the spotlight.

Source: Literature / The Quest for Karla

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