Synonyms of foregrounding

foregrounding

verb

present participle of foreground

as in emphasizing

to indicate the importance of by centering attention on

repeatedly foregrounded his experience in international affairs in the course of his campaign for the presidency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emphasizing
• highlighting
• stressing
• featuring
• accentuating
• identifying
• punctuating
• accenting
• pointing (up)
• illuminating
• focusing
• pressing
• promoting
• bearing down on
• playing up
• making much of
• spotlighting
• advertising
• publicizing
• pinpointing
• plugging
• boosting
• overplaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• playing down
• understating
• de-emphasizing
• toning (down)
• discounting
• disparaging
• belittling
• underemphasizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of foregrounding

By creating a new paradigm that differs from the green-screen approach of many top-end productions, Erwin says Innovative Dreams is reaffirming the importance of human actors and foregrounding their performances. —Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026

Burden internalized this pattern, of foregrounding the importance of the paterfamilias at the expense of real intimacy, of keeping up appearances despite the private pain. —Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026

Acme imparts a sense of trust by foregrounding its own lack of omniscience. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026

Some scholars connect this ability to address emotional experiences to systematic practices of journalists infusing reporting with emotion, thereby foregrounding personal experiences alongside facts. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026

Clearly referencing Constantin Brancusi’s polished reflective surfaces, Bove’s mirrors, rather than foregrounding the planar surface, do the precise opposite, dissolving it almost entirely into a play of chromatically variable reflections. —Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026

The essay presents an alternate view of our hunter-gatherer history, foregrounding the feminine act of collecting. —Chloe Schama, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2026

Like their future disciples in PC Music, Scritti Politti were giddy pop fans who approached the form as self-conscious outsiders, foregrounding its artificiality, pushing its bright colors to new extremes, aiming to make great pop records that also asked probing questions about what pop even is. —Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026

One that was made on his own terms, foregrounding Magellan’s potentially abusive past behavior and mistreatment of natives everywhere. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026