| Main Entry: | dwell on/dwell upon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | linger over; be engrossed in |
Synonyms: |
consider, continue, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on, involve oneself, tarry over |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, miss, pass |
| Main Entry: | dwell on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | linger |
Synonyms: |
consider, continue, dwell upon, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on, involve oneself, tarry over |
Antonyms: |
dismiss, disregard, forget, ignore, push aside |
| Main Entry: | emphasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stress, give priority to |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, italicize, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
| Main Entry: | pore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over carefully |
Synonyms: |
brood, contemplate, dwell on, examine, look over, muse, peruse, ponder, read, regard, scan, scrutinize, study |
Antonyms: |
flip through, scan |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk aimlessly, endlessly |
Synonyms: |
amplify, babble, be diffuse, beat around bush, blather, chatter, depart, descant, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, drivel, dwell on, enlarge, excurse, expatiate, get off the subject, go astray, go off on tangent, go on and on, gossip, harp on, lose the thread, maunder, meander, prose, protract, rant and rave, rattle on, stray, talk nonsense, talk off top of head, talk randomly, wander |
Antonyms: |
be direct |
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accentuate, emphasize |
Synonyms: |
accent, belabor, dwell on, feature, harp on, headline, italicize, lay emphasis on, make emphatic, play up, point up, repeat, rub in, spot, spotlight*, underline, underscore* |
Antonyms: |
attenuate, reduce, relax |
| Main Entry: | harp on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
Synonyms: |
bother, disturb, dwell on, dwell upon, harp upon, nag, pester |
| Main Entry: | italicize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, feature, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, insist on, labor the point, limelight, maintain, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, mark*, pinpoint, play up, point out*, point up, press, pronounce, punctuate, put accent on, reiterate, repeat, rub in, spotlight*, stress, underline, underscore, weight |