Meanings
present singular third person emphasizes · participle present emphasizing · participle past emphasized · past emphasized · alternative Australia New Zealand South Africa UK emphasise
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
More synonyms by meaning
verbto stress, single out as important
verbgive extra weight to (a communication)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis. By surface analysis, emphasis + -ize.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شَدَّدَ
- شَدَّدَ (šaddada)stress
Basque azpimarratu
- azpimarratustress
Bulgarian подчерта́вам, подчерта́я
- подчерта́вам (podčertávam)stress
- подчерта́я (podčertája)stress
- изтъ́квам (iztắkvam)stress
- изтъ́кна (iztắkna)stress
Catalan emfatitzar
- emfatitzarstress
Chinese Mandarin 強調 /强调, 著重
- 強調 /强调 (qiángdiào)stress
- 著重 (zhuózhòng)stress
- 着重 (zhuózhòng)stress
Czech zdůrazňovat, zdůraznit
- zdůrazňovatstress
- zdůraznitstress
Danish betone, understrege
- betonestress
- understregestress
Dutch benadrukken, beklemtonen
- benadrukkenstress
- beklemtonenstress
Esperanto akcenti, emfazi
- akcentistress
- emfazistress
Finnish painottaa, korostaa
- painottaastress
- korostaastress
- tähdentäästress
French souligner, accentuer
- soulignerstress
- accentuerstress
German betonen, unterstreichen
- betonenstress
- unterstreichenstress
- hervorhebenstress
- akzentuierenstress
Greek υπογραμμίζω
- υπογραμμίζω (ypogrammízo)stress
Hungarian hangsúlyoz, nyomatékosít
- hangsúlyozstress
- nyomatékosítstress
- kiemelstress
- aláhúzstress
Icelandic leggja áherslu á
- leggja áherslu ástress
Irish béim a chur ar
- béim a chur arstress
Italian enfatizzare, sottolineare
- enfatizzarestress
- sottolinearestress
- evidenziarestress
Japanese 強調する, アクセントをつける
- 強調する (kyōchō suru)stress
- アクセントをつける (akusento o tsukeru)stress
Korean 강조(强調)하다
- 강조(强調)하다 (gangjohada)stress
Māori miramira, kōhure
- miramirastress
- kōhurestress
- whakatairangastress
Norwegian Bokmål understreke, utheve
- understrekestress
- uthevestress
Persian تأکید کردن
- تأکید کردن (ta'kid kardan)stress
Polish podkreślać, podkreślić
- podkreślaćstress
- podkreślićstress
Portuguese enfatizar
- enfatizarstress
Punjabi ਜੋਰ ਦੇਣਾ
- ਜੋਰ ਦੇਣਾ (jor deṇā)stress
Romanian puncta, accentua
- punctastress
- accentuastress
- relevastress
Russian подчёркивать, подчеркну́ть
- подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ)stress
- подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ)stress
Slovak zdôrazňovať, zdôrazniť
- zdôrazňovaťstress
- zdôrazniťstress
Spanish enfatizar
- enfatizarstress
Swedish betona, understryka
- betonastress
- understrykastress
Tagalog bigyang-diin
- bigyang-diinstress
Thai เน้น, เน้นย้ำ
- เน้น (nén)stress
- เน้นย้ำstress
- ย้ำ (yám)stress
Turkish vurgulamak
- vurgulamakstress
Ukrainian підкре́слювати, підкре́слити
- підкре́слювати (pidkrésljuvaty)stress
- підкре́слити (pidkréslyty)stress
- акцентува́ти (akcentuváty)stress
- наголо́шувати (naholóšuvaty)stress
- наголоси́ти (naholosýty)stress
Vietnamese nhấn mạnh
- nhấn mạnhstress
Cite this entry
emphasize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphasize
“emphasize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphasize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emphasize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphasize.
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