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# Foil
- URL: https://www.wonderousworldsofwords.com/foil/
- Published: 2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-14T09:59:59.000Z
- Description: A character who makes another shine by contrast.
- Author: Tyler Bussell
- Tags: Word of the Day

Noun · pronounced FOYL

What it means:

A foil is a character whose contrast with another character brings out that character’s qualities.

Steady, ordinary Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes’s *foil*; standing next to him, Holmes’s brilliance is impossible to miss.