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.
  •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,
  • tonality.
  •tone (noun)
  • re-sonances,
  • re-sonance,
  • re sonances,
  • re sonance.
  •verbalization (noun)
  • verbalization,
  • expression.
  •weight (noun)
  • forciblenesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • importance,
  • accentuation.
  •emphasis
  • hyperbole.

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.