high-profile
high-profile adjective: important or well publicized.
Adjective
high-profile (comparative higher-profile, superlative highest-profile)
- Important or well publicized.
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193
- Pacers should have all been withdrawn by now, but that has been scuppered by a failure to deliver new trains on time and delays to infrastructure projects.
The most high-profile withdrawals were to be Northern's Class 142s and '144s' (the latter by the end of 2018, and the '142s' by the end of last...2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 62
- Antonyms:
- low-profile
Antonyms of high-profile
Forms of high-profile
| comparative | higher-profile |
|---|---|
| superlative | highest-profile |
Questions about high-profile
- What does high-profile mean?
- High-profile means important or well publicized.
- What part of speech is high-profile?
- High-profile is an adjective.
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