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impact - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | impact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with force |
| Synonyms: | clash, collide, crack up, crash, crush, jolt, kick, register, smash, strike, bang into, smash up, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | impact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, force |
| Synonyms: | bang, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bump, clash, concussion, contact, crash, crunch, crush, encounter, hit, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, knock, meeting, percussion, pound, punch, quake, quiver, ram, rap, rock, shake, shock, slap, smash, smashup, strike, stroke, thump, tremble, tremor, wallop, appulse, impingement |
| Main Entry: | impact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
| Synonyms: | brunt, burden, consequences, impression, imprint, influence, mark, meaning, power, repercussion, significance, thrust, weight, full force |
| Main Entry: | aftermath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation following an event, occurrence |
| Synonyms: | chain reaction*, consequences, end, eventuality, flak*, impact, issue, outcome, payoff*, remainder, residual, upshot, after-effects, causatum, residuum, results, waves |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad end of a situation |
| Synonyms: | burden, force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, stress, tension, thrust, violence, full force |
| Main Entry: | collision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender*, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup*, rap, ruin, shock, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck, demolishment, head-on, sideswipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, shaking |
| Synonyms: | blast, blow, bump, clash, clout, crack, crash, hit, impact, injury, jar, jarring, jolt, jounce, punch, shock, trauma, buffeting, jolting, pounding |
| Main Entry: | embed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sink, implant |
| Synonyms: | bury, deposit, dig in, enclose, fasten, fix, impact, ingrain, inlay, insert, install, lodge, pierce, plant, plunge, press, root, set, drive in, hammer in, infix, put into, ram in, stick in, stuff in, thrust in, tuck in |
| Antonyms: | dig up |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surprise; sudden push |
| Synonyms: | blow, bounce, bump, clash, collision, concussion, double whammy, impact, jar, jerk, jog, jounce, jump, kick, lurch, percussion, punch, quiver, reversal, setback, shake, shock, shot, start, surprise, bombshell, thunderbolt |
| Main Entry: | ram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bang into; pack forcibly |
| Synonyms: | beat, butt, cram, crash, crowd, dash, dig, drive, drum, force, hammer, hit, hook, impact, pack, plunge, poke, pound, run, sink, slam, smash, stab, stick, strike, stuff, thrust, wedge, collide with, jack, jam-pack, run into, strike head-on, tamp |
| Antonyms: | tap |
| Main Entry: | repercussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence |
| Synonyms: | backlash, chain reaction, echo, effect, fallout, feedback, flak*, impact, imprint, influence, kickback*, mark, reaction, rebound, recoil, result, reverberation, side effect, follow-through, follow-up, re-echo, spinoff, waves |
| Antonyms: | cause |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete surprise; blow |
| Synonyms: | awe, breakdown, bump, clash, collapse, collision, concussion, confusion, consternation, crash, distress, disturbance, double whammy, earthquake, encounter, excitement, hysteria, impact, injury, jarring, jolt, percussion, prostration, ram, scare, start, stroke, stupefaction, stupor, trauma, turn, upset, whammy*, wreck, bombshell, eye-opener, traumatism |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smashup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wreck |
| Synonyms: | accident, collision, crash, fender bender, impact, jolt, mess, total, wreckage, crack-up, pile-up, rear-ender, sideswipe |
| Main Entry: | wallop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong hit |
| Synonyms: | bash, belt, blow, bump, clash, collision, crash, impact, jar, jolt, kick, percussion, punch, shock, slam, slug, smack, smash, thump, thwack*, whack, bop, haymaker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement or fight, often brief |
| Synonyms: | affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook*, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop, discordance, have a go at each other, set-to |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, draft, duress, effort, enforcement, extortion, fury, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, potency, potential, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock*, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, stuff*, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, constrait, dynamism, exaction, full head of steam, horsepower, pains, pow, strong arm, subjection, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strike, bump |
| Synonyms: | bang, bat, belt, blow, box*, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clip, clout, collision, cuff*, glance, impact, knock, lick*, one-two punch*, paste*, pat, plunk, punch, rap, shock, shot, slap, slog, smack, smash, sock, spank, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, tap, wallop, whammy*, zap*, bell-ringer, bonk, fisticuff, roundhouse, uppercut, whop, zinger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | consequence, effect, feeling, impact, reaction, response, result, sway |
| Main Entry: | push |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical force |
| Synonyms: | advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exertion, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, thrust, weight, exerting, forcing, shoving, straining, thrusting |
| Antonyms: | pull |
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