Synonyms for emphasize
ˈɛm fəˌsaɪzem·pha·size

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1. emphasizeverb

   Synonyms:
   underscore, stress

   Antonyms:
   de-emphasize, downplay

2. emphasizeverb

   To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

   His two-fingered gesture emphasized what he had told his boss to do with his job.

   Synonyms:
   stress, underscore

   Antonyms:
   downplay, de-emphasize

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1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

   to stress, single out as important

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

   Synonyms:
   emphasise, mark, punctuate, stress, try, accent, underscore, strain, accentuate, underline

2. underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasiseverb

   give extra weight to (a communication)

   "Her gesture emphasized her words"

   Synonyms:
   punctuate, underscore, stress, accent, emphasise, accentuate, underline

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1. emphasizeverb

   Synonyms:
   accentuate

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1. List of paraphrases for "emphasize":

   stress, underline, emphasise, highlight, underscore, emphasized, stressed, emphasizes, assure, insist, stresses

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How to use emphasize in a sentence?

1. Academic Affairs Thomas Jeitschko:

   We have decided that we will return to campus, both in terms of the classroom setting as well as the regular work, come tomorrow, i’d like to emphasize that no one thinks that we’re coming back to a normal week. In fact, this semester is not going to be normal.

2. Nina Jankowicz:

   Disinformation from both foreign actors and domestic sources is threatening the bedrock of democracies around the world and playing a major part in many of the world's crises, it's important for The Biden administration to emphasize that truth is a cornerstone of both the Biden era and the democratic community it hopes to build.

3. Bo Taylor:

   I cannot emphasize enough this first class, these first kids, these parents that were willing to risk their child's futures and gamble with the belief that Cherokee was important, that's amazing because they were guinea pigs.

4. Mansour Abbas:

   Especially in these difficult times, it’s important for me to emphasize… this is not the way of the Arab community and Arab citizens in Israel.

5. Charles Blanke:

   Doctors are obligated to help patients in ways likely to make a difference in their quality of life – controlling pain, improving mood, addressing sleeplessness, etc. – and should offer chemotherapy only as a last resort for those who still want it after true informed consent as to the unlikelihood of it doing any good, doctors need to emphasize they will not abandon the patient with end-stage disease, and that there are ways to help that are not ‘active treatment,’.