highlighting
Definitions
Noun
- An area of lightness in a picture
Verb
- Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "highlighting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | handling | 2 | 38 |
| 2 | happening | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | haggling | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | huddling | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | hastening | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | heightening | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | hijacking | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | harboring | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | hindering | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | hustling | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | hampering | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | hankering | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | hartling | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | hassling | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | heberling | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | hectoring | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | heldring | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | hemmerling | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | hessling | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | highflying | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | hobbling | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | hoefling | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | hotaling | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | houghtaling | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | hungering | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | hunkering | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | hurdling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "highlighting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fighting | 2 | 72 |
| 2 | lighting | 2 | 23 |
| 3 | lightning | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | glinting | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | humiliating | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | highlights | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | sighting | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | highlight | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | infighting | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | delighting | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | highlighted | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | slighting | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | lightnings | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lighting's | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | lightening | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | highflying | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | igniting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | hignight | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | schlichting | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | highfalutin | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "highlighting" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "highlighting" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "highlighting" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "highlighting".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 27
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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