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Emphasis

/ˈɛmfəsɪs/

Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

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📖 Definitions of "Emphasis"

noun

1
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
"He paused for emphasis before saying who had won."
2
Special attention or prominence given to something.
"Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district."
3
Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
"He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech."
4
The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.

🔄 Synonyms of "Emphasis"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
vehemencenoun	Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
accentuationnoun	Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
stressnoun	(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
accentnoun	(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Emphasis"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
accentuationnoun	Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accentnoun	(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
vehemencenoun	Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
stressnoun	(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
saliencenoun	A highlight; perceptual prominence, or likelihood of being noticed.
significancenoun	The extent to which something matters; importance
importancenoun	The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
important	Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
attentionnoun	(uncountable) Mental focus.
concentrationnoun	The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
focusedverb	Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
relevancenoun	The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.
especially	(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
considerationnoun	The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
pointnoun	A small dot or mark.
prioritynoun	An item's relative importance.
emphasizeverb	(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
originalnoun	An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
precedencenoun	The state of preceding in importance or priority.
concentratenoun	A substance that is in a condensed form.