Synonyms of punctuated

punctuated

verb

past tense of punctuate

as in highlighted

to indicate the importance of by centering attention on

punctuated each and every word of his denial with a pound of his fist on the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• highlighted
• emphasized
• stressed
• featured
• accented
• accentuated
• identified
• illuminated
• pointed (up)
• foregrounded
• focused
• played up
• pressed
• bore down on
• promoted
• made much of
• advertised
• publicized
• spotlighted
• pinpointed
• boosted
• plugged
• overplayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understated
• played down
• minimized
• toned (down)
• de-emphasized
• discounted
• underemphasized
• disparaged
• belittled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of punctuated

Many of the commercial strips in Omaha, a city of about half a million people, have the air of a nineties college town, with low-slung blocks of row houses punctuated by dive bars and cafés, thrift stores and record shops. —Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

The screening — preceded by a showing of Leone DiSantis’s Bound-esque short film Wild Ones — was a rowdy affair punctuated by wolf whistles, whoops, and bursts of laughter at every lesbian joke. —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 8 June 2026

Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms. —Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026

Before the Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte delivered the walk-off blow to the Dodgers — a towering home run off reliever Tanner Scott, punctuated by a bat flip — Roberts had to choose whether to send Shohei Ohtani to the plate as a pinch-hitter. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026

Their harsh geometric forms are sometimes punctuated by recognizable symbols like crosses and hearts, while others are made entirely of abstract twisting, circular, and diagonal forms. —Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026

In the kitchen nook, deep purple JAB linen curtains are punctuated by magenta fringe. —Allison Duncan, Architectural Digest, 3 June 2026

Cycles of lighter sleep punctuated by bouts of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep follow, growing longer and longer throughout the night. —Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 3 June 2026

Dinner is an uncharacteristically staid menu of artichoke salad and roast chicken breast, punctuated by speeches and awards. —Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 June 2026