Noun

• S: (n) foreground (the part of a scene that is near the viewer)
• S: (n) foreground ((computer science) a window for an active application)
• domain category
• S: (n) computer science, computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym

Verb

• S: (v) foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up (move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent) "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) bring out, set off (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast) "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
• antonym
• W: (v) background [Opposed to: foreground] (understate the importance or quality of) "he played down his royal ancestry"
• W: (v) play down [Opposed to: play up] (understate the importance or quality of) "he played down his royal ancestry"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame