| Main Entry: | underscore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | underline, emphasize |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuate, call attention to, caption, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, italicize, mark, point to, stress |
| Main Entry: | accent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place emphasis, importance |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, draw attention to, emphasize, highlight, intensify, stress, underline, underscore |
Antonyms: |
disacknowledge, minimize |
| Main Entry: | accentuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus attention on |
Synonyms: |
accent, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, emphasize, feature, give prominence to, highlight, point up, spotlight, stress, underline, underscore |
Antonyms: |
divert attention from, mask |
| 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: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give prominence to |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, advertise, blaze*, call attention to, emphasize, headline, italicize, make conspicuous, mark, play up, point up, present, promote, set off, spotlight*, star, stress, underline, underscore |
| Notes: | the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | play up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, bring to the fore, call attention to, feature, highlight, italicize, magnify, make a production of, point up, stress, turn spotlight on, underline, underscore |
Antonyms: |
deemphasize, play down, underrate, undervalue |
| 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: | underline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize; mark |
Synonyms: |
accentuate, bracket, call attention to, caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore |
| 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 |