high-profile

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌhaɪˈproʊfaɪl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Attracting or likely to attract a great deal of public attention or notice; prominent and widely known.; Of a person, being well-known, famous, or having a prominent public status.; Of an event, case, or matter, being of significant importance or consequence, often involving public interest.; Having a tall or elevated physical profile or silhouette.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more high-profile Superlative: most high-profile

Collocations

high-profile casehigh-profile eventhigh-profile positionhigh-profile figurehigh-profile campaignhigh-profile role

Derivatives

high profile

Synonyms

prominentwell-knownhigh-visibilitycelebratednotableprestigious

Antonyms

low-profileobscureunknown

Commonly confused

high profile
EN: 'High profile' (no hyphen) is a noun phrase (e.g., 'maintain a high profile'); 'high-profile' (hyphenated) is the adjective used before a noun (e.g., 'a high-profile case').

Spelling tips

EN: Use the hyphen when it functions as a compound adjective before a noun ('a high-profile event'). Do not add '-d' to make 'high-profiled'—this is non-standard.

💬 Examples

  1. The high-profile trial was covered by every major news outlet in the country.

  2. Several high-profile celebrities attended the charity gala.

  3. She was assigned to lead the high-profile merger negotiations between the two corporations.

  4. The high-profile tires gave the truck a more aggressive stance on the road.