| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make physical contact |
Synonyms: |
abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, butt on, caress, come together, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle, hit, impinge upon, inspect, join, kiss, lay a finger on, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, palm, palpate, partake, pat, paw, percuss, pet, probe, push, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, toy, verge |
Antonyms: |
cower, shrink, shy away |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an effect on |
Synonyms: |
affect, arouse, carry, disturb, excite, feel out, get through to, get to, grab, impress, influence, inspire, make an impression, mark, melt, move, quicken, soften, stimulate, stir, strike, strike a chord, stroke, sway, tug at the heart, upset |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have to do with; regard |
Synonyms: |
affect, be a party to, be associated with, bear on, bear upon, belong to, center upon, concern, concern oneself with, consume, deal with, drink, eat, get involved in, handle, interest, involve, partake of, pertain to, refer to, use, utilize |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make mention |
Synonyms: |
allude to, bring in, cover, deal with, discuss, go over, mention, note, refer to, speak of, treat |
Antonyms: |
secrete |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare with; correspond to |
Synonyms: |
amount, approach, be a match for, be in the same league, be on a par, come near, come to, come up to, equal, hold a candle to, match, measure up, meet, parallel, partake of, rival, tie, verge on |
| Main Entry: | touching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting, moving emotionally |
Synonyms: |
compassionate, emotive, heart-rending, heartbreaking, impressive, melting, mind-blowing*, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, responsive, sad, stirring, stunning, sympathetic, tear-jerking, tender, wistful |
Antonyms: |
unaffecting, unmoving |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
attingent, close to, contactual, conterminous, contiguous, end to end, hand to hand, haptic, in contact, intractible, itching, lambent, libant, osculatory, palpable, pertingent, tactile, tactual, tangential, tangible, touching, with no interval
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| Concept: | [Sensation of pressure] Touch. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
touch; tact, taction, tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation; manipulation; massage., [Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus.
-verbs
touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.
-adjectives
tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent. [more]
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| Main Entry: | about |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | concerning, relating to |
Synonyms: |
apropos, as concerns, as respects, dealing with, in connection with, in relation to, in respect to, referring to, regarding, relative to, touching, touching on |
| Main Entry: | adjacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to, abutting |
Synonyms: |
adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, close by, contiguous, near, neighboring, next door, touching |
| Notes: | adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between |
Antonyms: |
apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, nonadjacent, remote, separate |