Definition for Emphasis:

• Stress laid on word( s) to indicate special significance; vigour, intensity, of expression, feeling, action, &c.; importance assigned to a thing; prominency, sharpness of contour. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Emphasis:

• n.

  •
  • important.
  •communication (noun)
  • emphasis.
  •delivery (noun)
  • de-livery,
  • de-liveries,
  • de livery,
  • de liveries.
  •emphasis (noun)
  • vehemence.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • tall story,
  • romance,
  • exaltation,
  • overemphasis,
  • Hyperbolism,
  • hogwash,
  • elaboration,
  • tall talk,
  • overemphasises,
  • extravagance,
  • overestimation.
  •expression (noun)
  • ex-planations,
  • ex planation,
  • ex-position,
  • re mark,
  • re marks,
  • ex-positions,
  • re-marks,
  • set phrases,
  • turn phrase,
  • choice words,
  • ex planations,
  • choice of word.
  •force (noun)
  • de-termination,
  • impressivenesses,
  • de-terminations,
  • de termination,
  • validnesses,
  • de terminations.
  •import (noun)
  • in tent,
  • de-sign,
  • in tents,
  • sub stances,
  • sub-stance,
  • sub stance,
  • sub-stances,
  • weightinesses,
  • in-tents,
  • de signs,
  • de-signs,
  • de sign.
  •importance (noun)
  • depth,
  • significance,
  • magnitude,
  • precedence,
  • sanctity,
  • priority,
  • substance,
  • profundity,
  • extent,
  • place,
  • dimension,
  • status,
  • elevation,
  • urgency,
  • proportion,
  • meaning,
  • eminence.
  •importance, prominence (noun)
  • highlight,
  • strength,
  • positiveness,
  • underscoring,
  • attention,
  • underlining,
  • decidedness,
  • headline,
  • preeminence,
  • power.
  •inflection (noun)
  • tone of voice,
  • intonation.
  •insistence (noun)
  • insistency,
  • importunity,
  • Importunities.
  •insistency (noun)
  • pressings.
  •intensity (noun)
  • in tensity,
  • in tensenesses,
  • in-tenseness,
  • in-tensities,
  • in-tensity,
  • in-tensenesses,
  • intensenesses,
  • tensenesses,
  • wildnesses,
  • in tenseness,
  • in tensities,
  • high pitches.
  •iteration (noun)
  • re petition,
  • re-petition,
  • re petitions,
  • mono tony,
  • re-petitions,
  • mono-tony.
  •slant (noun)
  • pre-disposition,
  • pre disposition,
  • out look,
  • out-looks,
  • pre dispositions,
  • out-look,
  • one sidedness,
  • pre possessions,
  • pre-possessions,
  • out looks,
  • point view.
  •tall talk (noun)
  • tall-talk,
  • over statements,
  • over statement,
  • over-statements,
  • over-statement.
  •tonality (noun)
  • tone color.
  •tone (noun)
  • re-sonances,
  • re-sonance,
  • re sonances,
  • re sonance.
  •verbalization (noun)
  • verbalization.
  •weight (noun)
  • forciblenesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • importance,
  • accentuation.
  •emphasis
  • hyperbole.
  •Other relevant words:
  • high rank,
  • Dochmiac,
  • expression,
  • Molossus,
  • potency,
  • authority,
  • idiom,
  • modulation,
  • timbre,
  • paramountcy,
  • interest,
  • tonality,
  • dogmatism,
  • ictus,
  • vigorousness,
  • prominence,
  • rhythmic pattern,
  • excellence,
  • tone colour,
  • tension,
  • Dimeter,
  • iambic,
  • caesura,
  • colour,
  • concernment,
  • catalexis,
  • richness,
  • paralipsis,
  • metrical foot,
  • Bacchius,
  • Proceleusmatic,
  • Cretic,
  • Trimeter,
  • swing,
  • Epitrite,
  • sonorousness,
  • figure of speech,
  • intensiveness,
  • numbers,
  • resonance,
  • quantity,
  • Emphases,
  • worth,
  • jingle,
  • consideration,
  • prosody,
  • syzygy,
  • Amphimacer,
  • superiority,
  • pre-eminence,
  • note,
  • trochee,
  • spondee,
  • pressure,
  • foot,
  • Antispast,
  • tetrameter,
  • Tripody,
  • hexameter,
  • Dipody,
  • thesis,
  • lilt,
  • tone quality,
  • supremacy,
  • elegiac couplet,
  • metrical unit,
  • iamb,
  • colon,
  • materiality,
  • fullness,
  • predominance,
  • dactylic hexameter,
  • diaeresis,
  • primacy,
  • sonority,
  • metrics,
  • stress accent,
  • ex-cathedra,
  • Tetrapody,
  • gravity,
  • metron,
  • speech pattern,
  • heroic couplet,
  • furiousness,
  • concern,
  • accent mark,
  • fierceness,
  • certainty,
  • elegiac,
  • anapest,
  • violence,
  • ionic,
  • focus,
  • aggressiveness,
  • movement,
  • iambic pentameter,
  • pentameter,
  • secondary stress,
  • energy,
  • mark,
  • Arsis,
  • sound,
  • chloriamb,
  • meter,
  • speech,
  • greatness,
  • cadence,
  • value,
  • Pentapody,
  • pyrrhic,
  • Anacrusis,
  • assertiveness,
  • period,
  • pitch,
  • intonation pattern,
  • rhythm,
  • counterpoint,
  • self-importance,
  • Significancy,
  • heptameter,
  • beat,
  • grandness,
  • merit,
  • dactyl,
  • influence,
  • metaphor,
  • rage,
  • strain,
  • colouring,
  • sprung rhythm,
  • pronunciation,
  • fury,
  • empathy,
  • consequentiality,
  • measure,
  • Paeon,
  • Dogmatics,
  • malapropism,
  • dialect,
  • Tribrach,
  • simile,
  • primary stress,
  • amphibrach,
  • Mora,
  • pitch accent.

Paraphrases for Emphasis:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    focus.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Focuses, Foci, focus.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    focus.
  • Proper noun, singular
    focus.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    overemphasis.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    characteristics, urges, takes, traits, goes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    consideration, highlights, commitment, precedence.

• Other Related

  • Coordinating conjunction
    focus.
  • Proper noun, singular
    stresses, importance, accent, significance, emphasize.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insistence, emphasise, emphasising, importance, stress, focussing, preponderance, assertion, pressure, thrust, tightening, accent, significance, emphasize, preference, attentiveness, refocusing, weighting, orientation, highlighting.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    emphasise, focus, stress.
  • Verb, base form
    emphasise, focus, stress, emphasize.

Antonyms for Emphasis:

• n.

  • importance, prominence
    incompetence, insignificance, weakness, triviality, ignorance, unimportance, lethargy.
  • Other antonyms:
    subtlety, feebleness, equivocation, ambiguity.

Emphasis Sentence Examples:

• " Please don't use that word," said Cecily, with emphasis.

• I replied, with emphasis - It was a lovely scene!

Homophones for Emphasis:

• emboss, emphasise, eumops, envious, embassy, envisage, emphasize.

Hypernym for Emphasis:

• n.

  • communication
    topicalization.
  • state
    stress, focus.

Hyponym for Emphasis:

• n.

  • communication
    rhetorical device.
  • state
    importance, grandness.