Emphasize

Synonyms for "emphasize" (52 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

stress underscore accent accentuate assert bear down on belabor

Verb(4 words)

stress underscore accent accentuate

Strong matches (15)

betone bring call attention to charge dwell dwell on feature give emphasis to harp on highlight home impress

Verb(3 words)

betone emphasise highlight

Related words (26)

insist intensify italicize maintain make a federal case mark overaccentuate overemphasize overstress pinpoint place emphasis on play play up point point up press pump punctuate reinforce rub in

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spotlight star underline

Verb(3 words)

punctuate reinforce underline

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

8 entries

accent accentuate emphasise evince express punctuate show stress

Antonyms

2 entries

de emphasize downplay

Synonyms

3 entries

betone stress underscore

Related terms

2 entries

emphasis emphatic

derived

11 entries

deëmphasize emphasizable emphasization emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized emphasizer hyperemphasize misemphasize overemphasize reemphasize to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing underemphasize

etymologically related_to

1 entries

emphasis

related to

4 entries

emphasis emphatic stress weight

Translations

92 translations across 44 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

شَدَّدَ verb (stress)

Basque

1 entries

azpimarratu verb (stress)

Belarusian

3 entries

акцэнтава́ць verb (stress)
падкрэ́сліваць verb (stress)
падкрэ́сліць verb (stress)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изтъ́квам verb (stress)
изтъ́кна verb (stress)
подчерта́вам verb (stress)
подчерта́я verb (stress)

Catalan

1 entries

emfatitzar verb (stress)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

強調 /强调 verb (stress)
着重 verb (stress)
著重 verb (stress)

Czech

2 entries

zdůraznit verb (stress)
zdůrazňovat verb (stress)

Danish

2 entries

betone verb (stress)
understrege verb (stress)

Dutch

2 entries

beklemtonen verb (stress)
benadrukken verb (stress)

Esperanto

2 entries

akcenti verb (stress)
emfazi verb (stress)

Finnish

3 entries

korostaa verb (stress)
painottaa verb (stress)
tähdentää verb (stress)

French

2 entries

accentuer verb (stress)
souligner verb (stress)

German

4 entries

akzentuieren verb (stress)
betonen verb (stress)
hervorheben verb (stress)
unterstreichen verb (stress)

Greek

1 entries

υπογραμμίζω verb (stress)

Hungarian

4 entries

aláhúz verb (stress)
hangsúlyoz verb (stress)
kiemel verb (stress)
nyomatékosít verb (stress)

Icelandic

1 entries

leggja áherslu á verb (stress)

Ido

1 entries

emfazar verb (stress)

Irish

1 entries

béim a chur ar verb (stress)

Italian

3 entries

enfatizzare verb (stress)
evidenziare verb (stress)
sottolineare verb (stress)

Japanese

2 entries

アクセントをつける verb (stress)
強調する verb (stress)

Kazakh

2 entries

баса көрсету verb (stress)
қадап айту verb (stress)

Khmer

1 entries

សង្កត់ធ្ងន់ verb (stress)

Korean

1 entries

강조(强調)하다 verb (stress)

Lao

1 entries

ເນັ້ນ verb (stress)

Macedonian

4 entries

истакне verb (stress)
истакнува verb (stress)
нагласи verb (stress)
нагласува verb (stress)

Māori

3 entries

kōhure verb (stress)
miramira verb (stress)
whakatairanga verb (stress)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

understreke verb (stress)
utheve verb (stress)

Persian

1 entries

تأکید کردن verb (stress)

Polish

2 entries

podkreślać verb (stress)
podkreślić verb (stress)

Portuguese

1 entries

enfatizar verb (stress)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਜੋਰ ਦੇਣਾ verb (stress)

Romanian

3 entries

accentua verb (stress)
puncta verb (stress)
releva verb (stress)

Russian

2 entries

подчеркну́ть verb (stress)
подчёркивать verb (stress)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

naglašávati verb (stress)
naglásiti verb (stress)
нагла́сити verb (stress)
наглаша́вати verb (stress)

Slovak

2 entries

zdôrazniť verb (stress)
zdôrazňovať verb (stress)

Slovene

1 entries

poudáriti verb (stress)

Spanish

4 entries

enfatizar verb (stress)
hacer hincapié verb (stress)
incidir verb (stress)
recalcar verb (stress)

Swedish

2 entries

betona verb (stress)
understryka verb (stress)

Tagalog

1 entries

bigyang-diin verb (stress)

Thai

3 entries

ย้ำ verb (stress)
เน้น verb (stress)
เน้นย้ำ verb (stress)

Turkish

1 entries

vurgulamak verb (stress)

Ukrainian

4 entries

акцентува́ти verb (stress)
наголо́шувати verb (stress)
наголоси́ти verb (stress)
підкре́слити verb (stress)

Uzbek

1 entries

ta’kidlamoq verb (stress)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nhấn mạnh verb (stress)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You should emphasize that fact.

Source: tatoeba (16584)

I want to emphasize this point in particular.

Source: tatoeba (33531)

It is most important to emphasize that none of these processes are conscious.

Source: tatoeba (55279)

I would like to emphasize the Confucian values that exist within this group.

Source: tatoeba (61175)

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