emphasize
Make stand out
When you emphasize something, you stress its importance: All speakers emphasized the need for us to decide the matter today.
When the subject of emphasize is not a person or other agent, it means to show the importance or truth of: These victories emphasize the fact that the team has overcome its earlier difficulties with defense.
Line beneath text
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- boldCourageous and daring
- italicizeRender in sloped type
- annotateAdd explanatory remarks
mark · circle · point out · spotlight · foreground · feature · showcase · draw attention
State officially
- assertDeclare confidently true
- proclaimDeclare officially and openly
- affirmDeclare to be true
- stateCondition or mode
stress · urge · insist · maintain · contend · press · voice · express
Increase in strength
- heightenIncrease in degree
- strengthenMake more robust
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
- boostUpward push or increase
deepen · reinforce · enhance · augment · escalate · redouble · sharpen · exacerbate
Do or say again
- restateExpress again differently
- drive homeReinforce emphatically
- belaborOverwork a point
- harp onRepeat tediously, incessantly
dwell on · press · insist · reinforce · pound · hammer · iterate · recapitulate
Pressure, mental or vocal
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- significanceQuality of mattering
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- urgencyPressing need for action
gravity · prominence · salience · centrality · criticality · relevance · consequence · insistence
Pressure, mental or vocal
- accentRegional speech pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
modulation · articulation · prosody · enunciation · diction · pronunciation · rhythm · pitch
underline
Line beneath text
- underscoreLow horizontal text mark
- boldCourageous and daring
- italicizeRender in sloped type
annotate · mark · circle · point out · spotlight · foreground · feature · showcase · draw attention · flag
declare
State officially
state · stress · urge · insist · maintain · contend · press · voice · express · articulate
amplify
Increase in strength
- heightenIncrease in degree
- strengthenMake more robust
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
boost · deepen · reinforce · enhance · augment · escalate · redouble · sharpen · exacerbate · compound
repeat
Do or say again
- restateExpress again differently
- drive homeReinforce emphatically
- belaborOverwork a point
harp on · dwell on · press · insist · reinforce · pound · hammer · iterate · recapitulate
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- significanceQuality of mattering
- weightMeasure of heaviness
urgency · gravity · prominence · salience · centrality · criticality · relevance · consequence · insistence · assertion
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- accentRegional speech pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · modulation · articulation · prosody · enunciation · diction · pronunciation · rhythm · pitch · tone
- bring outdraw out, bring forth, elicit, evoke, educe
- presentationpresent, deliver, introduce, demonstrate, display
- highlighthighlight, accentuate, underscore, underline, spotlight
- overthinkingoverthink, ruminate, obsess, brood, dwell
- forceful actionsslam, smash, crash, bang, pound
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
emphasizedownplay
Diminish perceived importance
de-emphasize · minimize · underplay · understate · soft-pedal
- too much emphasis
- dramatic emphasisForceful expressive highlighting
emphasis, emphasized, emphasizing, emphasizes, overemphasize, emphasise, overemphasis, emphasised, emphasises