emphasis

emphasis is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
2. noun. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
3. noun. intensity or forcefulness of expression

   "the vehemence of his denial"

   "his emphasis on civil rights"

   Synonyms: vehemence

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

   "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

   Synonyms: accent, stress

5. noun. special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
6. noun. special importance or significance

   "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"

   "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

   Synonyms: accent

Synonyms

vehemence, accent, stress

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in emphasis:

misshape

Common word forms

emphasised, emphasises, emphasising

Words from these letters

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