foil - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

Synonyms

• foil

More generic

• fencing sword

Noun

a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

Synonyms

• foil

More generic

• sheet metal

More specific

• aluminium foil
• aluminum foil
• chaff
• gold foil
• tin foil
• tinfoil

Noun

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

Synonyms

• foil
• transparency

More generic

• icon
• ikon
• image
• picture

More specific

• lantern slide
• overhead
• slide
• viewgraph

Noun

a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

Synonyms

• foil
• hydrofoil

More generic

• device

Noun

anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

Synonyms

• enhancer
• foil

More generic

• attention

Verb

cover or back with foil

Synonyms

• foil

More generic

• cover

Verb

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

Synonyms

• baffle
• bilk
• cross
• foil
• frustrate
• queer
• scotch
• spoil
• thwart

More generic

• forbid
• foreclose
• forestall
• preclude
• prevent

More specific

• dash
• disappoint
• let down
• ruin
• short-circuit

Verb

enhance by contrast

Synonyms

• foil

More generic

• contrast
• counterpoint

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