highlighter

American  

[hahy-lahy-ter] / ˈhaɪˌlaɪ tər /

noun

highlighters plural

1. a felt-tip pen with a wide nib for highlighting passages of printed material in a soft, transparent color.

2. a cosmetic powder or cream applied to the face in places where light would naturally hit, as the cheeks, forehead, chin, and center of the nose, to create a glowing effect.

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highlighter British  

/ ˈhaɪˌlaɪtə /

noun

1. a cosmetic cream or powder applied to the face to highlight the cheekbones, eyes, etc

2. a fluorescent felt-tip pen used as a marker to emphasize a section of text without obscuring it

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• highlighters
  plural

Etymology

Origin of highlighter

First recorded in 1965–70; highlight + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

But when developing Highlighter into a eukaryotic optogenetic system, Dr Larsen detected an unexpected blue-off behaviour.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

"Highlighter is an important step forward in the development of optogenetics tools in plants and its high-resolution gene control could be applied to study a large range of fundamental plant biology questions," Dr Jones added.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

I personally can vouch for the Shimmering Skin Perfecter Liquid Highlighter being more pigmented than drugstore counterparts, worth the money if you can and do care about this kind of thing.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2018

Prime Highlighter pen helped brighten below the eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2017

Then he gave a dramatic reading of Maureen Dowd's New York Times column, which he'd gone over with a Highlighter, and used a ballpoint pen to mark down "Wow."

From Time Magazine Archive