Synonyms of the word

emphasise

• v. (British) Alternative spelling of emphasize.

accent

• n. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in…
• n. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
• n. (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent,…
• n. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic…
• n. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular…
• n. (linguistics, sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does…
• n. A word; a significant tone or sound.
• n. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
• n. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
• n. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third…
• n. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
• n. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
• n. (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
• n. (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
• n. (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes…
• n. (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in…
• n. (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10, meaning six feet ten inches.
• n. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail…
• n. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
• n. A distinctive feature or quality.
• n. (archaic) Utterance.
• v. (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
• v. (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
• v. (transitive) To mark with written accents.

accentuate

• v. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
• v. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
• v. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

emphasise

• v. (British) Alternative spelling of emphasize.

emphasize

• v. (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

evince

• v. (transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

express

• adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
• adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
• adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
• adj. (retail) Being a merchant offering a smaller selection of goods than a full or complete dealer of the…
• n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
• n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
• n. An express rifle.
• n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
• n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
• n. An express office.
• n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
• v. (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
• v. (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
• v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
• v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
• n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
• n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.

punctuate

• v. To add punctuation to.
• v. To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
• v. To emphasize, to stress.

show

• v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
• v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
• v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
• v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
• v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
• v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
• v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
• n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
• n. (countable) A demonstration.
• n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
• n. (countable) A movie.
• n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
• n. A project or presentation.
• n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
• n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
• n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

stress

• n. (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
• n. (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
• n. (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting…
• n. (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
• n. (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
• n. (uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
• n. (uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
• n. (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
• n. Obsolete form of distress.
• n. (Scotland, law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
• v. To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
• v. To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
• v. (informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
• v. To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
• v. To emphasise (words in speaking).
• v. To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

underline

• n. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or (in electronic documents) to…
• n. The character _.
• v. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore.
• v. (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something.
• v. (figuratively, obsolete) To influence secretly.
• adj. Passing under a railway line.

underscore

• n. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
• n. (music) A piece of background music.
• v. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
• v. To emphasize or draw attention to.