We should not place too much emphasis on money.
Source: tatoeba (18502)
Emphasis
//ˈɛmfəsɪs//
Synonyms for "emphasis" (143 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (71)
metermetrical accentmetrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetricsmetronmolossusmomentmoramovementnotenumberspaeonparalipsisparamountcypentameterpentapodyperiodpitch accent
Show 49 more words
precedencepreeminenceprimacyprimary stresspriorityproceleusmaticprominenceprosodicsprosodypyrrhicquantityrhetorical accentrhythmrhythmic patternrhythmical accentrhythmical stresssecondary stressself-importancesignificancesimilespeechspondeesprung rhythmstress accentstress arsisstress patternsuperioritysupremacyswingsyzygytertiary stresstetrametertetrapodytetrasemethesistonetone accenttribrachtrimetertripodytrisemetrocheeunderliningunderscoringvaluevehemenceweak stressweightworth
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
15 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
106 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔμφασις noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Arabic
1 entries- تَرْكِيز noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Bashkir
3 entries- баҫым noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- баҫым noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- баҫым noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Belarusian
3 entries- акцэ́нт noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- на́ціск noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- на́ціск noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акце́нт noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- емфа́за noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- емфа́за noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- емфа́за noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Catalan
4 entries- èmfasi noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- èmfasi noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- èmfasi noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- èmfasi noun (typography: the use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 強勢 /强势 noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- 強調 /强调 noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Czech
4 entries- důraz noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- důraz noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- důraz noun (phonology: the phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants)
- zdůraznění noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
Danish
3 entries- betoning noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- emfase noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- vægt noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Dutch
4 entries- beklemtoning noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- benadrukking noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- klemtoon noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- nadruk noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Esperanto
2 entries- akcento noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- akcento noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Finnish
4 entries- emfaasi noun (phonology: the phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants)
- lihavointi noun (typography: the use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text)
- paino noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- painopiste noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
French
2 entries- accent noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- emphase noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Galician
1 entries- énfase noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
German
4 entries- Betonung noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- Eindringlichkeit noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- Emphase noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- Fokus noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
Greek
3 entries- έμφαση noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- έμφαση noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- έμφαση noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Hebrew
2 entries- דָּגֵשׁ noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- הטעמה noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Hungarian
4 entries- hangsúly noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- hangsúly noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- kiemelés noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- nyomaték noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Ido
2 entries- emfazo noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- emfazo noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
Irish
1 entries- béim noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Italian
3 entries- enfasi noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- enfasi noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- risalto noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
Japanese
4 entries- 強勢 noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- 強調 noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- 強調 noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- 強調 noun (typography: the use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text)
Kazakh
1 entries- екпін noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Korean
2 entries- 강세 noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- 강조 noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Akzent noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- Betounung noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vektlegging noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vektlegging noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Persian
3 entries- تأکید noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- تأکید noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- تأکید noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Polish
4 entries- akcent noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- akcent noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- akcent noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
- akcent noun (phonology: the phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants)
Portuguese
3 entries- ênfase noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- ênfase noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- ênfase noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Romanian
3 entries- emfază noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- emfază noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- emfază noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Russian
4 entries- акце́нт noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- осо́бое внима́ние noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- подчёркивание noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- ударе́ние noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cudrom noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- cudrom noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Spanish
4 entries- hincapié noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- énfasis noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- énfasis noun (special attention or prominence given to something)
- énfasis noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Ukrainian
3 entries- акце́нт noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- на́голос noun (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important)
- на́голос noun (prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We lay emphasis on the importance of being sincere.
Source: tatoeba (28864)
The newscaster puts too much emphasis on the food crisis.
Source: tatoeba (49033)
This point deserves special emphasis.
Source: tatoeba (57717)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.