Definition of emphatic Emphatic

/ɛmfæˈtɪk/ - [emfatik] - em•phat•ic

We found 11 definitions of emphatic from 5 different sources.

Advertising

What does emphatic mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

emphatic - forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
  forceful
  assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
emphatic - sudden and strong; "an emphatic no"
  exclamatory
  forceful characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace"
emphatic - spoken with emphasis; "an emphatic word"
  emphasized, emphasised
  accented, stressed bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
= synonym
= antonym
= related word

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • emphatic (Noun)
    An emphatic consonant.
  • emphatic (Adjective)
    Characterized by emphasis.
  • emphatic (Adjective)
    Stated with conviction.
  • emphatic (Adjective)
    Belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
  • emphatic (Adjective)
    Of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • emphatic (a.)
    Alt. of Emphatical

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • emphatic
    Uttered with emphasis.

Part of speech

🔤

Pronunciation

Word frequency

Emphatic is...

40% Complete
Very rare
Rare
Normal
Common
Very Common
33% Complete
Rare
Normal
Common

Sign Language

emphatic in sign language
Sign language - letter E Sign language - letter E Sign language - letter M Sign language - letter M Sign language - letter P Sign language - letter P Sign language - letter H Sign language - letter H Sign language - letter A Sign language - letter A Sign language - letter T Sign language - letter T Sign language - letter I Sign language - letter I Sign language - letter C Sign language - letter C