Synonyms of underscores

underscores

verb

present tense third-person singular of underscore

as in emphasizes

to make more apparent

a history of the Old West that underscores the role that pioneer women had in bringing order and stability to the wild frontier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emphasizes
• reinforces
• underlines
• deepens
• stresses
• enhances
• accentuates
• brings out
• italicizes
• strengthens
• amplifies
• heightens
• augments
• maximizes
• supplements
• enlarges
• magnifies
• enlivens
• boosts
• beefs (up)
• jazzes (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reduces
• decreases
• minimizes
• understates
• de-emphasizes
• diminishes
• tones (down)
• weakens
• lessens
• subdues

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of underscores

Performance in the initial public offering market further underscores the widening gap between the two exchanges. — CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026

And yet, the ESPN broadcast booth drama underscores what has been perhaps the most tumultuous and uncertain year ever for NFL broadcasters. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Official rhetoric usually underscores the voluntary nature of such enlistments. — Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The rest of the museum’s collection underscores the precious value of taking matters, and materials, into our own hands. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

The opening underscores the brand’s growing focus on the resort town, following a year that also included its fall 2026 runway show in Aspen. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026

Dangote’s company bought a 25% stake in the Kenya Pipeline Company, a strategic move that underscores the industrialist’s plan to expand his oil and gas unit into a pan-African operation. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Overall, recent research underscores how policy choices – including taxation and public spending – enabled this 40-year rise in inequality. — Markus Schneider, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

The project’s decades-long timeline underscores the scope and difficulty of reimplementing an operating system from scratch, and why the project has remained in alpha for so long. — Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026