ACCENTUATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ACCENTUATE?

Need another word that means the same as “accentuate”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “accentuate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Accentuate” are: accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress, focus attention on, bring attention to, call attention to, draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, give prominence to, make more prominent, make more noticeable, play up, bring to the fore, heighten, lay emphasis on, put emphasis on

Accentuate as a Verb

Definitions of "Accentuate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “accentuate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make more noticeable or prominent.
• To stress, single out as important.
• Put stress on; utter with an accent.

Synonyms of "Accentuate" as a verb (24 Words)

accent	Put stress on utter with an accent. In Farsi you accent the last syllable of each word.
bring attention to	Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
bring to the fore	Induce or persuade.
call attention to	Challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of.
draw attention to	Take liquid out of a container or well.
emphasise	To stress, single out as important.
emphasize	Give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing. They emphasize the need for daily one to one contact between parent and child.
feature	Have as a feature. The film featured Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.
focus attention on	Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
foreground	Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent. Sexual relationships are foregrounded and idealized.
give prominence to	Deliver in exchange or recompense.
heighten	Increase. The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars.
highlight	Create highlights in hair. A photocopy with sections highlighted in green.
lay emphasis on	Put in a horizontal position.
make more noticeable	Reach in time.
make more prominent	Change from one form into another.
play up	Participate in games or sport.
point up	Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
punctuate	To stress, single out as important. They should be shown how to set out and punctuate direct speech.
put emphasis on	Estimate.
spotlight	Illuminate with a spotlight as in the theater. The dancers are spotlighted from time to time throughout the evening.
stress	Put stress on utter with an accent. I want it done very very neatly she stressed.
underline	Emphasize (something. Certain phrases had been underlined.
underscore	Emphasize. The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells.

Usage Examples of "Accentuate" as a verb

• His jacket unfortunately accentuated his paunch.

Associations of "Accentuate" (30 Words)

accent	Put stress on utter with an accent. The quick tempo means there is less scope for accenting offbeat notes.
dazzle	Brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily. Her arguments dazzled everyone.
decidedly	In a decisive and confident way. It was decidedly too expensive.
dialect	The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. The Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language.
emphasis	The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch. He spoke with emphasis and with complete conviction.
emphasize	To stress, single out as important. Dr Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.
emphasized	Spoken with emphasis.
emphatic	An emphatic consonant. An emphatic no.
emphatically	Without doubt; clearly. Greg is emphatically not a slacker.
floodlight	Illuminate a building or outdoor area with floodlights. We are floodlighting the building to highlight the structure.
foreground	Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent. The intricate garden depicted in the foreground.
grave	A hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound. Grave responsibilities.
highlight	Apply a highlighter to one s cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent. The highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican.
illuminate	Add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts. Placing the events of the 1930s in a broader historical context helps to illuminate their significance.
importance	A prominent status. The importance of a good education.
imprint	Establish or impress firmly in the mind. He d always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind.
intension	Resolution or determination.
lilt	Speak sing or sound with a lilt. The music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm.
limelight	A focus of public attention. The shock win has thrust him into the limelight.
overburden	Give (someone) more work or pressure than they can deal with. Ministers are overburdened with engagements.
significance	A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred. The significance of his remark became clear only later.
spotlight	Illuminate with a spotlight as in the theater. The dancers are spotlighted from time to time throughout the evening.
strain	Separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements. His stomach was swollen straining against the thin shirt.
strength	The emotional or mental qualities necessary in dealing with difficult or distressing situations. It was destroyed by the strength of the gale.
stress	To stress single out as important. He put the stress on the wrong syllable.
stressed	Strengthened by the application of stress during manufacture prestressed. She should see a doctor if she is feeling particularly stressed out.
tend	Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something be inclined. Walter tended towards corpulence.
tension	Electromotive force. It places great tension on the leg muscles.
underline	A line drawn under a word or phrase, especially for emphasis. Subheadings have an underline in blue.
underscore	A line drawn underneath (especially under written matter. The company underscored the progress made with fuel cells.