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