EMPHASIS Synonyms

• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• special emphasis attached to something

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

• to stress, single out as important

• put stress on; utter with an accent

• test the limits of

• to suffer from stress

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

• the quality of being important and worthy of note

• a prominent status

• the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)

• high level or degree; the property of being intense

• the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

• chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue

• possession of controlling influence

• (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

• possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

• physical strength

• a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

• energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

• supply the force or power for the functioning of

• status established in order of importance or urgency

• preceding in time

• the state of being prominent: widely known or eminent

• relative importance or fame

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• the quality of being significant

• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

• the message that is intended or expressed or signified

• forceful exertion

• active strength of body or mind

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

• sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

• the relative importance granted to something

• an artifact that is heavy

• an oppressive feeling of heavy force

• a system of units used to express the weight of something

• a unit used to measure weight

• (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

• weight down with a load

• present with a bias

• intensity or forcefulness of expression

• the property of being wild or turbulent