emphatic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
spoken with emphasis
an emphatic word
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
sudden and strong
an emphatic no
Related & opposite
- stress derivation
- call out derivation
- promulgate derivation
- forceful similar to
Sense 3 adjective
forceful and definite in expression or action
the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty
Related & opposite
- forcefulness derivation
- vehemence derivation
- emphasis derivation
- emphasis derivation
- assertive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vehemence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stress |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | stressed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | call out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | promulgate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | forceful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | forcefulness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vehemence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | emphasis |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | emphasis |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | assertive |