Emphatic

What do we mean by emphatic?

Expressed or performed with emphasis. adjective

Forceful and definite in expression or action. adjective

Standing out in a striking and clearly defined way. adjective

Pharyngealized, velarized, or ejective. Used of consonants in Semitic languages. adjective

Uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis or stress of voice: as, the emphatic words in a sentence.

Forcibly significant; expressive; impressive: as, an emphatic gesture.

Synonyms Expressive, earnest, energetic, striking.

Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong adjective

Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. adjective

Forceful and definite in expression or action; -- of statements, actions, or sections of documents. adjective

Sudden and strong; -- of statements. adjective

Characterized by emphasis. adjective

Stated with conviction. adjective

Belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to adjective

Of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages. adjective

An emphatic consonant noun

Forceful and definite in expression or action adjective

Sudden and strong adjective

Spoken with emphasis adjective

An emphatic consonant.

A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".

Words that are spelled similarly to emphatic:
emphatic, emphasis, empathic, phatic, lymphatic, euphotic, emplastic, omphalic, unemphatic, emphractic, ephaptic, eophytic, memphitic, emphatics.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word emphatic:
consonants, demonstrative, pronominal, possessive, pronoun, subjunctive, phonemes, fricative, reflexive, suffixes, aramaic, consonant, semitic, adjectives, suffix, verb, surely, vowel, verbs, nouns, assertion, definite, dia, unbeaten, chords, victory, particle, noun, pronunciation, syllable, plural, singular, rejection, arabic, yes, win, voiced, sentences, knockout, victories, emphasis, hebrew, sentence, lateral, sounds, fashion, pronounced, phrase, scoring, distinction, dental, manner, innings, rivals, distinguish, particles, stress, forms, words, declaration, beating, testament, rhythm, margin, goals, statements, stakes, word, dual, languages, realized, wins, emotional, tone, object, stops, speech, statement, table, shall, questions, repeated.

Words that rhyme with emphatic:
pragmatic, idiosyncratic, erratic, enigmatic, static, ecstatic, dogmatic, phlegmatic, dramatic, systematic, problematic, axiomatic, matic, pneumatic, diplomatic, fanatic, charismatic, schematic, automatic, autocratic, emblematic, aquatic, idiomatic, democratic, aromatic, thematic, traumatic, melodramatic, bureaucratic, hepatic, aristocratic, psychosomatic, cinematic, mattock, adriatic, asymptomatic, phatic, programmatic, symptomatic, prismatic, vatic, asiatic, monochromatic, climatic, aerobatic, posttraumatic, homeostatic, lymphatic, socratic, rheumatic, semiautomatic, numismatic, operatic, epigrammatic, asthmatic, pratique, electrostatic, acrobatic, theocratic, hippocratic, hanseatic, batak, pancreatic, mathematic, telematic, diagrammatic, undemocratic, technocratic, enzymatic, prostatic, phosphatic, hyperchromatic, patak, austroasiatic, snattock, shattuck, undiplomatic, pratic, atmospheric static, mattick, informatic, klezmatic, sensormatic.

Adjectives that are often used to describe emphatic:
least, more, present, most, non, self, past.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective emphatic:
words, manner, statement, way, language, terms, word, form, expression, protest, denial, declaration, assertion, stress, position, sense, tone, testimony, reply, answer, gesture, negative, use, repetition, statements, voice, rejection, nod, gestures, approval, forms, warning, pronoun, pronouns, style, particle, affirmation, response, condemnation, refusal, speech, opinion, tones, endorsement, expressions, sentences, utterance, disapproval, positions, phrase, insistence, agreement, declarations, support, affirmative, consonants, contrast, shake, note, meaning, distinction, sentence, recognition, protests, denials, assertions, repudiation, negation, opposition, pause, reference, conclusion, assurance, proof, particles, phrases, contradiction, fashion, syllable, demand, claim, syllables, success, dissent, accent, reiteration.

Words that sound like emphatic:
emphatic, lymphatic, enatic, infotech, emphatically, emetic, emphatical, unemphatic, enthetic, aphotic, aphetic, omotic, mtech, somatic, semiotic, mephitic, sematic, haematic, hematic, nematic, lymphatics, rhematic, comatic, eleatic, asthmatic, pneumatic, thematic, rheumatic, aliphatic, neumatic, kyphotic, euphotic, amphoric, empathic, infosec, mit, fanatic, matic, aesthetic, aromatic, semitic, esthetic, etic, m-80, emic, unfitting, demotic, mimetic, mattick, unstick, emerick, memetic, emick, infighting, emrick, amaurotic, emmett till, emerich, emetics, emmerich, emrich, -etic, anodic, enzootic, emmet till, enfetter, henotic.