emphasis
Divide emphasis into syllables:
em · pha · sis
How to pronounce emphasis:
Synonyms for emphasis:
accent
accentuation
attention
concentration
consideration
focus
grandness
importance
insistence
intensity
moment
pre-eminence
priority
prominence
significance
spotlight
strength
stress
underscoring
value
vehemence
weight
Antonyms for emphasis:
de-emphasis
frivolity
frivolousness
ignorance
immateriality
inconsequence
inconsequentiality
inconsiderableness
insignificance
insignificancy
insubstantiality
irrelevance
littleness
negligibleness
pettiness
slightness
triviality
trivialness
unimportance
weakness
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