I use the following function in my vimrc: " Add highlighting for function definition in C++ function! EnhanceCppSyntax() syn match cppFuncDef "::\~\?\zs\h\w*\ze([^)]*\()\s*\(const\)\?\)\?$" hi def link cppFuncDef Special endfunction I have another line to call this function automatically when editing a C++ file: autocmd Syntax cpp call EnhanceCppSyntax() This doesn't work in all cases (for instance, it doesn't highlight constructors using an initialization list on the same line) but it shouldn't highlight function calls (such as MyClass::MyStaticMethod( int foo ); )