Antonyms of foil from BoostVocab

foil

/fɔɪl/

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
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"the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"

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hydrofoil

type of:
device
noun
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
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"pretty girls like plain friends as foils"

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enhancer

type of:
attention
verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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"foil your opponent"

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baffle bilk cross frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart

type of:
preclude prevent forbid foreclose forestall
noun
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
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transparency

type of:
icon image ikon picture
noun
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
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type of:
fencing sword
noun
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
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"the photographic film was wrapped in foil"

type of:
sheet metal
verb
cover or back with foil
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"foil mirrors"

type of:
cover
verb
enhance by contrast
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"In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

type of:
contrast counterpoint

Antonyms of foil

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