Synonyms for emphasis
ˈɛm fə sɪs; -ˌsizem·pha·sis

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1. emphasis, accentnoun

   special importance or significance

   "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

   Synonyms:
   dialect, vehemence, stress, accent mark, accent, idiom, speech pattern

2. vehemence, emphasisnoun

   intensity or forcefulness of expression

   "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"

   Synonyms:
   fury, stress, wildness, accent, violence, vehemence, furiousness, ferocity, fierceness

3. emphasisnoun

   special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

   Synonyms:
   vehemence, accent, stress

4. stress, emphasis, accentnoun

   the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

   "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

   Synonyms:
   tenseness, speech pattern, vehemence, stress, dialect, accent mark, accent, tension, strain, focus, idiom

Matched Categories

1. • Importance
   • Prosody
   • Rhetorical Device

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. emphasisnoun

   Synonyms:
   stress (on certain words), force of utterance

2. emphasisnoun

   Synonyms:
   impressiveness, significance, moment, weight

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1. emphasisnoun

   Synonyms:
   accentuation

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1. List of paraphrases for "emphasis":

   focus, accent, attention, importance, insistence, stress, priority, weight, significance, focusing

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How to use emphasis in a sentence?

1. Michael Kang:

   An interesting take on this is that you could imagine it would change campaigning a little bit – because everyone would have to show up. There would n’t be as much emphasis on that.

2. Robert Gabbay:

   As a society we need to work together to reduce obesity and prediabetes in youth, this will take a broad public health approach from working in schools, families, and most importantly availability of healthy foods with a particular emphasis on populations that are( at) greatest risk such as the youth population.

3. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

   I really understood the position of President Trump because he wanted Europeans to spend more, to put more emphasis on their security, we have been implementing a very significant and robust modernization strategy of our armed forces, which will last until 2026. We will hit the 2% (level) in 2023.

4. Mayor Bowser:

   Given Cuba’s emphasis on a strong education, I know there’s a lot we can learn from each other, the District will continue to draw on best practices from around the globe as we close the achievement gap and prepare the next generation for the jobs of tomorrow.

5. Phillip Futures:

   Although it would seem that heavier emphasis has been placed on both China and the U.S., Eurozone's demand remains important as well. Provided Eurozone Q2 GDP remains strong, we could be seeing some support to oil prices.