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Synonyms for emphasize
ˈɛm fəˌsaɪzem·pha·size

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Wiktionary1.8 / 5 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. emphasizeverb

    Synonyms:
    accentuate

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How to use emphasize in a sentence?

  1. Henry Kissinger:

    The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. ... What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

  2. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

    I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.

  3. Paul Cosford:

    But I would emphasize the risk is extremely low to anybody else outside of the hospital treating her.

  4. Thomas J. Watson:

    The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.

  5. Emily Post:

    Make sure that you emphasize that the time you're going to be spending together is time that you're looking forward to, because this can look like you don't want to spend that much time with them, start out by saying' we are so looking forward to spending the holiday with you, coming over for dinner,' whatever it is that you guys are going to be doing together, really emphasize how thrilled you are to be doing that.


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