Meaning of high profile in English:

high profile

noun

in singular

A position attracting much attention or publicity.
‘people who have a high profile in the community’
- ‘The Gurkhas have a high profile in Britain and a strong measure of public support for their cause.’
- ‘Ministers are mindful of the high profile of the cocaine issue at this time.’
- ‘In such a tiny parliamentary group and with such a high profile, it was the demands of the job which got to him after a decade at the top.’
- ‘Cunningham is well known in the area, but did not have a high profile in political circles.’
- ‘I was someone who had never been a manager in his own right, and I certainly didn't have a high profile.’
- ‘I have adopted a high profile and tried to be more accessible than a lot of traditional chief constables.’
- ‘She has certainly kept a high profile during her first year and a half as Children's Laureate.’
- ‘His high profile made it difficult for his family - by then he was married with four children.’
- ‘None of our shopping centres have the high profile of The Glades or Bluewater.’
- ‘I hope the high profile that education has enjoyed in recent times will be sustained.’
- ‘He owned several car dealerships in Kilmarnock and had a high profile in the area.’
- ‘Public involvement has an increasingly high profile in health services policy.’
- ‘Certainly he had a high profile - at least in Brazil - and a winning record to match.’
- ‘Far from deterring people, a dangerous edge and a high profile increase the desirability of the sport.’
- ‘May was a shy woman but Joe had a high profile in the town, joining many clubs and associations.’
- ‘Smart cars and political ambitions would clearly have created a dangerously high profile!’
- ‘He has had a high profile with the media, and on top of that some supporters keep pestering Brian for tickets.’
- ‘The Avenue boss still has a high profile in the full-time game after being a top professional.’
- ‘He merged his party into the new Democratic Party, in which he maintained a high profile.’
- ‘Despite his high profile in the county he knows a newcomer to politics has a tough task.’
exciting, stimulating, thrilling, fascinating, high profile, dazzling, glittering, glossy, tinselled

adjective

Attracting much attention or publicity.
‘a high-profile military presence’
- ‘This was a high-profile public event, which would obviously attract media attention.’
- ‘Many high-profile public health campaigns seem to be less about making us better than about making us good.’
- ‘He is planning to enlist the support of high-profile public figures to campaign against the policy.’
- ‘Police are warning the public and high-profile figures to be wary of suspicious mail.’
- ‘This was, in short, a high-profile case involving a hugely popular figure who did nothing very wrong.’
- ‘The findings led to calls for more funding for training to avoid repeats of high-profile police mistakes.’
- ‘The idea has high-profile backers from across the industry, but not everyone agrees with Archer.’
- ‘Within months I was embroiled in a high-profile boardroom battle.’
- ‘The competence of surgeons has already been questioned following a series of high-profile cases.’
- ‘The high-profile cases are well known but there are hundreds of other people affected.’
- ‘It is the turbulent couple's second high-profile falling out within a week.’
- ‘Four people have been arrested as part of a high-profile crackdown on burglary in Burnley.’
- ‘It will take place in private, but keeping the result secret in such a high-profile case will be difficult.’
- ‘Yet his return to high-profile politics has brought renewed scrutiny of his business career.’
- ‘It followed a series of high-profile cases where the accused was later not charged or found not guilty.’
- ‘Of course, there have been some high-profile policies which have not come off.’
- ‘He also appears to have lost the support of some of his most high-profile celebrity friends.’
- ‘Individuals in high-profile positions always run the risk of being targeted in this way.’
- ‘It would seem that he's the most high-profile casualty of the local election debacle.’
- ‘She is far from being the first high-profile MP to have been caught speeding.’
invasive, impossible to ignore, high-profile, prominent, unavoidable, inescapable, interrupting, disturbing