Synonyms for emphasis
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Noun
1. Stress
stress, accent, significance, accentuation, tone, weight, force, moment, ictus
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Definitions
- n. 1
Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
Related words
- Word family
- emphasize emphatic emphatically emphaticalness emphaticness
Forms
- Plural
- emphases → stresses, accents, significances, accentuations…
Example sentences
- significance The familiar place had a new significance for her.
- accentuation The accentuation can be very different from one language to another.
- vehemence The exaggerated vehemence of his statement astonished everyone.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emphasis | steady | |
| significance | falling | |
| accentuation | falling | |
| ictus | falling | |
| vehemence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tone1
- 5 letters
- force1, ictus
- 6 letters
- moment2, weight1, stress1, accent2
- 9 letters
- vehemence3
- 12 letters
- significance4, accentuation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (moment2 = 2 syllables).