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emphasizing

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present participle of emphasize

Synonyms & Antonyms of emphasizing

1 to indicate the importance of by centering attention on

supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories

Synonyms for emphasizing

accenting,
accentuating,
featuring,
foregrounding,
highlighting,
illuminating,
playing up,
pointing (up),
pressing,
punctuating,
stressing

Words Related to emphasizing

focusing
(also focussing),
identifying,
pinpointing,
spotlighting

advertising,
boosting,
plugging,
promoting,
publicizing

overplaying

Phrases Synonymous with emphasizing

bearing down on,
making much of

Near Antonyms for emphasizing

toning (down),
underemphasizing,
understating

belittling,
discounting,
disparaging,
minimizing

Antonyms for emphasizing

de-emphasizing,
playing down

2 to make more apparent

that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut

Synonyms for emphasizing

accentuating,
bringing out,
italicizing,
stressing,
underlining,
underscoring

Words Related to emphasizing

amplifying,
beefing (up),
boosting,
reinforcing
(also reenforcing),
strengthening

augmenting,
deepening,
enhancing,
enlarging,
heightening,
magnifying,
maximizing,
supplementing

enlivening,
jazzing (up)

Near Antonyms for emphasizing

decreasing,
diminishing,
lessening,
minimizing,
reducing,
subduing,
toning (down),
understating,
weakening

Antonyms for emphasizing

de-emphasizing

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