Related Words for emphasis

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WordSyllablesCategories
accentuation
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Noun, Noun
accent
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Noun, Noun
stress
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Noun, Noun
vehemence
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Noun, Noun
focus
/x
Noun
overemphasis
/x/xx
Noun
emphasizes
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Verb
emphasises
/xxx
Verb
importance
x/x
Noun
emphasised
/xx
Verb
emphatic
x/x
Adjective
reliance
x/x
Noun
onus
/x
Noun
focusses
/xx
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
concern
x/
Noun
elaboration
xxx/x
Noun
concentrates
/xx
Noun
boldface
/x
Noun
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective
significance
x/xx
Noun
implication
xx/x
Noun
relevance
/xx
Noun
subtext
/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun
primacy
/xx
Noun
detail
x/
Noun
subtlety
/xx
Noun
underlines
/xx
Verb
considerations
xxx/x
Noun
highlighted
/xx
Verb
concentration
xx/x
Noun
foregrounded
/xx
Verb
preoccupation
xxx/x
Noun
approach
x/
Noun
attitude
/xx
Noun
distinction
x/x
Noun
nuance
/x
Noun
substantive
/xx
Adjective
noting
/x
Verb
connotation
xx/x
Noun
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
thematic
x/x
Adjective
preponderant
x/xx
Adjective
priority
x/xx
Noun
underscore
xx/
Verb
subtle
/x
Adjective
justification
xxx/x
Noun
perspective
x/x
Noun
impetus
/xx
Noun
refocusing
x/xx
Noun
downplaying
/xx
Noun
evident
/xx
Adjective
deliberate
x/xx
Adjective
contrast
/x
Noun
italics
x/x
Noun
overarching
/xxx
Adjective
phrasing
/x
Noun
irony
/xx
Noun
allusion
x/x
Noun
regard
x/
Noun
reiteration
xxx/x
Noun
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective
principle
/xx
Noun
rationale
xx/
Noun
interest
/x
Noun
flexibility
xx/xx
Noun
deference
/xx
Noun
specificity
xx/xx
Noun
repetition
xx/x
Noun
obvious
/xx
Adjective
admonition
xx/x
Noun
aspect
/x
Noun
contextualization
x/xxx/x
Noun
definite
/xx
Adjective
distinctiveness
x/xx
Noun
disproportionate
xx/xx
Adjective
insistence
x/x
Noun
shifts
/
Verb, Noun
praise
/
Noun
intentionality
x/x/xx
Noun
variation
xx/x
Noun
spotlight
/x
Noun
weight
/
Noun
prominence
/xx
Noun
salience
/xx
Noun
heft
/
Noun
eminence
/xx
Noun
value
/x
Noun
preeminence
x/xx
Noun
heaviness
/xx
Noun
gravitas
/xx
Noun
solicitude
x/xx
Noun
portent
/x
Noun
essence
/x
Noun
force
/
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun
account
x/
Noun
thing
/
Noun
enthusiasm
x/xxx
Noun
strength
/
Noun
indispensability
xx/x/xx
Noun
urgency
/xx
Noun
earnest
/x
Noun
respect
x/
Noun
cachet
/x
Noun
depth
/
Noun
exigency
x/xx
Noun
meaning
/x
Noun
original
x/xx
Noun
misplaced
x/
Verb
undue
x/
Adjective
places
/x
Verb
lays
/
Verb
lessened
/x
Adjective
increased
x/
Adjective
especial
x/x
Adjective
individualism
xxx/xxx
Noun
renewed
x/
Verb, Adjective
added
/x
Verb
repeated
x/x
Adjective
greater
/x
Adjective
over
/x
Adjective
exaggerated
x/xxx
Adjective
lopsided
//x
Adjective
puts
/
Verb
rather
/x
Adverb
inordinate
x/xx
Adjective
advantage
x/x
Noun, Verb
affirmation
xx/x
Noun
assertion
x/x
Noun
assurance
x/x
Noun
assuring
x/x
Adjective
attaché
x/
Noun
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bold
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
care
/
Noun, Verb
careful
/x
Adjective
caution
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
commitment
x/x
Noun
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
confirmation
xx/x
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
direction
x/x
Noun
disincentive
xx/x
Noun
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fatty
/x
Noun, Adjective
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
giveaway
/xx
Noun, Adjective
gras
/
Noun, Adjective
guidance
/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
incentive
x/x
Noun, Adjective
inducements
x/x
Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
landform
/x
Noun
magnitude
/xx
Noun
momentum
x/x
Noun
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
pattern
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
penchant
/x
Noun
persistence
x/x
Noun
pertinence
/xx
Noun
peso
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun, Verb
precedence
/xx
Noun
preference
/xx
Noun, Verb
premium
/xx
Noun, Adjective
preponderance
x/x
Noun
pressure
/x
Noun, Verb
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
reaffirmation
xxx/x
Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
relative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
relief
x/
Noun, Adjective
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
store
/
Noun, Verb
strangeness
/x
Noun
strictness
/x
Noun
syllable
/xx
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
tendency
/xx
Noun
thrust
/
Noun, Verb
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tightening
/xx
Noun
tone
/
Noun, Verb
vein
/
Noun, Verb
vigour
//
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
get
/
Verb, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb