Accenting
Accenting noun - The act of giving special importance or significance to something.
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Synonyms for Accenting
Emphasize is a synonym for accenting in importance topic. In some cases you can use "Emphasize" instead a verb "Accenting".
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Related pairs
- feature and accenting
- feature and emphasize
- stress and accenting
- stress and emphasize
- weight and accenting
- weight and emphasize
- accent and accenting
- accent and emphasize
- foreground and accenting
- foreground and emphasize
- intensify and accenting
- intensify and emphasize
- underline and accenting
- underline and emphasize
Both words in one sentence
- A Mondegreen from The Rascals' "Groovin'" results from the singer doing this, accenting the 2nd syllable of "endlessly" so it sounds like "and Leslie." The intention may have been to emphasize the rhyme with "ecstasy".
Source: AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle
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Emphasize and Accenting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/accenting/emphasize
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Emphasize or Accenting. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/accenting/emphasize.
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