Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb emphasize

2 senses of emphasize

Sense 1
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet")
       => express, show, evince -- (give expression to; "She showed her disappointment")

Sense 2
underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise -- (give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words")
       => stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet")

Antonyms of adj emphasized

1 sense of emphasized

Sense 1
emphatic, emphasized, emphasised -- (spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word")

INDIRECT (VIA stressed) -> unstressed -- (not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed")

Similarity of adj emphasized

1 sense of emphasized

Sense 1
emphatic, emphasized, emphasised -- (spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word")
       => stressed (vs. unstressed), accented -- (bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'")