• to bring sg into relief, to throw sg into relief
• to bring sg out in bold relief, to bring sg out in strong relief
• to raise sy from the gutter
• to serve as offset to sy's beauty
• accentuated, advantaged, stressed
• commanding, eminent, in relief, lofty, outstanding, pre-eminent, prominent, salient, signal, significant, topping
• to bulk, to emerge, to exceed, to excel, to lift, to loom, to rise, rose, risen, to stand out in relief, to swell, swelled, swollen
• boss, emergence, prominence, protrusion, relief, swell