EMPHASIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • intensity or forcefulness of expression
   Synonym(s)
   • vehemence (what does vehemence mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the vehemence of his denial
   • his emphasis on civil rights
   Hypernyms(s) emphasis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intensity (what does intensity mean?)
   • intensiveness (what does intensiveness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overemphasis (what does overemphasis mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
   Synonym(s)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he put the stress on the wrong syllable
   Hypernyms(s) emphasis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • prosody (what does prosody mean?)
   • inflection (what does inflection mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • accentuation (what does accentuation mean?)
   • tonic accent (what does tonic accent mean?)
   • pitch accent (what does pitch accent mean?)
   • word stress (what does word stress mean?)
   • word accent (what does word accent mean?)
   • sentence stress (what does sentence stress mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
   Hypernyms(s) emphasis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rhetorical device (what does rhetorical device mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • topicalization (what does topicalization mean?)
4. Meaning
   • special importance or significance
   Synonym(s)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis
   • the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents
   Hypernyms(s) emphasis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • importance (what does importance mean?)
   • grandness (what does grandness mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • focus (what does focus mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • emphasize (what does emphasize mean?)
   • emphasise (what does emphasise mean?)
   • punctuate (what does punctuate mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • emphasize (what does emphasize mean?)
   • emphasise (what does emphasise mean?)
   • punctuate (what does punctuate mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • emphasize (what does emphasize mean?)
   • emphasise (what does emphasise mean?)
   • punctuate (what does punctuate mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)