emphasis

English Thesaurus

1. intensity or forcefulness of expression (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	intensity, intensiveness,
definition	:	high level or degree; the property of being intense (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	overemphasis,
definition	:	too much emphasis (noun.attribute)

2. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	inflection, prosody,
definition	:	the patterns of stress and intonation in a language (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	accentuation,
definition	:	the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	pitch accent, tonic accent,
definition	:	emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	word accent, word stress,
definition	:	the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	sentence stress,
definition	:	the distribution of stresses within a sentence (noun.communication)

3. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	rhetorical device,
definition	:	a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	topicalization,
definition	:	(linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English (noun.communication)

4. special importance or significance (noun.state)

hypernym	:	grandness, importance,
definition	:	a prominent status (noun.state)

hyponym	:	focus, stress,
definition	:	special emphasis attached to something (noun.state)

5. intensity or forcefulness of expression (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	emphatic, forceful,
definition	:	forceful and definite in expression or action (adj.all)

derivation	:	emphasised, emphasized, emphatic,
definition	:	spoken with emphasis (adj.all)

6. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, stress,
definition	:	put stress on; utter with an accent (verb.communication)

derivation	:	emphatic, exclamatory,
definition	:	sudden and strong (adj.all)

derivation	:	accentual,
definition	:	(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity (adj.all)

derivation	:	emphasised, emphasized, emphatic,
definition	:	spoken with emphasis (adj.all)

derivation	:	accentual,
definition	:	of or pertaining to accent or stress (adj.pert)

7. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. (noun.communication)

derivation	:	emphatic, forceful,
definition	:	forceful and definite in expression or action (adj.all)

8. special importance or significance (noun.state)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress,
definition	:	to stress, single out as important (verb.communication)

derivation	:	emphatic, forceful,
definition	:	forceful and definite in expression or action (adj.all)

9. intensity or forcefulness of expression (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	emphatic, forceful,
definition	:	forceful and definite in expression or action (adj.all)

derivation	:	emphasised, emphasized, emphatic,
definition	:	spoken with emphasis (adj.all)

10. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, stress,
definition	:	put stress on; utter with an accent (verb.communication)

derivation	:	emphatic, exclamatory,
definition	:	sudden and strong (adj.all)

derivation	:	accentual,
definition	:	(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity (adj.all)

derivation	:	emphasised, emphasized, emphatic,
definition	:	spoken with emphasis (adj.all)

derivation	:	accentual,
definition	:	of or pertaining to accent or stress (adj.pert)

11. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g. (noun.communication)

derivation	:	emphatic, forceful,
definition	:	forceful and definite in expression or action (adj.all)

12. special importance or significance (noun.state)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress,
definition	:	to stress, single out as important (verb.communication)

derivation	:	emphatic, forceful,
definition	:	forceful and definite in expression or action (adj.all)