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point up

VERB
accentuate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
emphasize highlight underline underscore
STRONG
accent feature spotlight stress
WEAK
bring attention to call attention to draw attention to give prominence to
Antonyms
WEAK
divert attention from mask
VERB
emphasize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accentuate affirm assert highlight indicate maintain point out reiterate repeat underline underscore
STRONG
accent articulate charge dramatize enlarge enunciate headline hit impress italicize mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate spotlight weight
WEAK
bear down dwell on insist on labor the point limelight make a point make clear make emphatic make much of play up put accent on rub in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
deny
STRONG
lose mumble
WEAK
depreciate forget ignore play down understate
VERB
feature
Synonyms
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advertise emphasize headline mark present promote spotlight star
STRONG
accentuate blaze italicize stress underline underscore
WEAK
call attention to make conspicuous play up set off
Antonyms
WEAK
disregard ignore
VERB
illustrate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clarify delineate depict embody emphasize epitomize exhibit explain expose highlight illuminate interpret lay out manifest mark mirror personify portray represent reveal spotlight symbolize typify
STRONG
allegorize clear disclose elucidate evidence evince expound imitate instance picture proclaim show vivify
WEAK
bring home clear up draw a picture emblematize get across get over limelight make clear make plain ostend show and tell
Antonyms
STRONGEST
complicate conceal confuse cover hide obscure save
VERB
italicize
Synonyms
STRONG
accent accentuate affirm articulate assert charge dramatize enlarge enunciate feature headline highlight hit impress indicate maintain mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate reiterate repeat spotlight stress underline underscore weight
WEAK
bear down dwell on insist on labor the point limelight make a point make clear make emphatic make much of play up point out put accent on rub in
Antonyms
STRONG
conceal deny hide ignore lose mumble neglect reduce
VERB
mark
Synonyms
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demonstrate feature identify illustrate indicate show signify
STRONG
bespeak betoken brand denote designate distinguish earmark evidence evince exemplify exhibit individualize individuate label manifest proclaim qualify remark signalize singularize stamp
WEAK
check off mark off ostend point out set apart show up stake out
VERB
overplay
Synonyms
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exaggerate maximize overdo overemphasize overstate overuse
STRONG
accent accentuate dramatize hyperbolize magnify mug overact overdraw overstress overwork stretch
WEAK
blow out of proportion get carried away ham it up labor at lay it on thick show off
Antonyms
WEAK
play down
VERB
play up
Synonyms
WEAK
accentuate bring to the fore call attention to feature highlight italicize magnify make a production of stress turn spotlight on underline underscore
Antonyms
WEAK
deemphasize play down underrate undervalue
VERB
punctuate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
interrupt intersperse pepper sprinkle underline
STRONG
accent accentuate break divide emphasize interject intersect mark point separate stress
Antonyms
STRONGEST
collect gather
STRONG
agree attach combine join unite
VERB
spotlight
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accentuate highlight illuminate publicize
STRONG
feature floodlight limelight
WEAK
draw attention give prominence put on center stage
Antonyms
WEAK
underplay
VERB
stress
Synonyms
STRONGEST
repeat underline underscore
STRONG
accent belabor feature headline italicize spot spotlight
WEAK
dwell on harp on lay emphasis on make emphatic play up rub in
Antonyms
WEAK
attenuate reduce relax
VERB
underline
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accentuate highlight indicate stress underscore
STRONG
bracket caption feature italicize rule
WEAK
call attention to check off draw attention to give emphasis interlineate play up point to

Example Sentences

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I am not sure endowing Sonny with a social conscience, presumably intended to point up the material’s contemporary relevance, is an improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The December 2028 $60 calls — allowing you to buy the stock at that price at any point up to that date — have risen from $9 to $14 in a matter of weeks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

To address the most important point up front: The wildfires currently spreading across North and South Carolina are tragic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

In open play, they could not find the key to unlock an Everton defence that sat deep and much of this owed to a lack of focal point up front.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

"Get the point up, I said. Get the point?"

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood