emphasize

emphasize is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 26 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
2. verb. to stress, single out as important

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

   Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress

3. verb. give extra weight to (a communication)

   "Her gesture emphasized her words"

   Synonyms: emphasise, underline, underscore

Synonyms

accent, accentuate, emphasise, punctuate, stress, underline, underscore

Common word forms

emphasized, emphasizes, emphasizing

Words from these letters

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