Words Like PUNCTUATE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PUNCTUATE.

12 Alternative Words Similar to punctuate

1 Mark Verb      Synonym Words Like Mark
2 Stress Verb      Synonym Words Like Stress
3 Add Verb      Synonym Words Like Add
4 Disrupt Verb      Synonym Words Like Disrupt
5 Evince Verb      Synonym Words Like Evince
6 Express Verb      Synonym Words Like Express
7 Interrupt Verb      Synonym Words Like Interrupt
8 Show Verb      Synonym Words Like Show
9 Breakup Verb      Hypernym Words Like Breakup
10 Quote Verb      Hyponym Words Like Quote
11 Topicalize Verb      Hyponym
12 Background Verb      Hyponym Words Like Background

10 definitions of punctuate

1 To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.
2 interrupt periodically
3 insert punctuation marks into
4 to stress, single out as important
5 To provide (a text) with punctuation marks.
6 To interrupt periodically: "lectures punctuated by questions and discussions” ( Gilbert Highet). "[There is] a great emptiness in America's West punctuated by Air Force bases” ( Alfred Kazin).
7 To stress or emphasize.
8 To use punctuation.
9 In writing and printing, to mark with points in some significant manner; specifically, to divide into sentences and parts of sentences by the conventional signs called points or marks of punctuation: as, to punctuate one's letters carefully. See punctuation.
10 Figuratively, to emphasize by some significant or forcible action; enforce the important parts or points of in some special manner: as, to punctuate one's remarks by gestures.
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