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| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | affect, arouse, awe, bulldoze*, carry, electrify, enforce, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand*, inspire, kill*, knock out*, move, pique, provoke, register, score, show off, slay*, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch*, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, enthuse, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, overawe, push around |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press down to make design |
| Synonyms: | carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp |
| Antonyms: | take apart |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emphasize |
| Synonyms: | establish, fix, inculcate, instill, press, set, stress, bring home, drive home, get into head |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Main Entry: | amaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
| Synonyms: | affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over*, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | win; accomplish |
| Synonyms: | affect, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, influence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge, be victorious |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | dazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over*, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz*, hypnotize, impress, overpower, overwhelm, stupefy, surprise, overawe, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb |
| Antonyms: | bore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select for military force |
| Synonyms: | choose, conscript, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, call up, conscribe, dragoon, sign on, sign up |
| Main Entry: | emblem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crest |
| Synonyms: | arms, attribute, badge, banner, brand, character, coat of arms, colors, design, device, figure, flag, hallmark, identification, image, impress, insignia, logo, mark, marker, medal, memento, miniature, monogram, motto, pennant, regalia, reminder, representation, scepter, seal, sign, standard, symbol, token, trademark, type, adumbration, colophon |
| Main Entry: | emboss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imprint |
| Synonyms: | adorn, carve, decorate, etch, impress, punch, stamp, sculpt |
| Main Entry: | emphasize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stress, give priority to |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuate, affirm, articulate, assert, bear down, charge, dramatize, dwell on, enlarge, enunciate, headline, highlight, hit*, impress, indicate, limelight*, maintain, mark, pinpoint, play up*, point out*, press, pronounce, punctuate, reiterate, repeat, spotlight*, underline, underscore, weight, insist on, italicize, labor the point, make a point, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, point up*, put accent on, rub in |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, forget, ignore, play down, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engrave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve letters or designs into |
| Synonyms: | bite, burn, chase, chisel, cut, embed, etch, fix, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, lodge, ornament, print, scratch, stipple, crosshatch, diaper, enchase, infix, intaglio, lithograph, mezzotint |
| Main Entry: | etch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve |
| Synonyms: | compose, corrode, cut, define, delineate, depict, describe, engrave, erode, execute, furrow, grave, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, outline, picture, portray, reduce, represent, stamp, eat into, set forth |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bind, blackmail, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, press, pressure, require, restrict, strong-arm*, urge, wrest, wring, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, concuss, dragoon*, pin down, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, sandbag, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an effect on |
| Synonyms: | affect, amuse, arouse, bend, bias, carry, dispose, entertain, excite, gratify, impress, influence, inspire, move, predispose, prompt, satisfy, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, touch, stir up |
| Main Entry: | impression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | design made by pressing |
| Synonyms: | brand, cast, dent, depression, dint, fingerprint, footprint, form, hollow, impress, imprint, indentation, mark, matrix, mold, outline, pattern, print, sign, spoor, stamp, trace, track, vestige, stamping |
| Main Entry: | imprint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impression; symbol |
| Synonyms: | banner, dent, design, effect, emblem, heading, impress, indentation, influence, mark, name, print, sign, signature, stamp, trace, trademark |
| Main Entry: | imprint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stamp |
| Synonyms: | designate, engrave, establish, etch, fix, impress, inscribe, mark, offset, print |
| Main Entry: | inculcate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | implant, infuse information |
| Synonyms: | brainwash*, communicate, drill, drum into*, educate, impart, impress, indoctrinate, inseminate, instill, instruct, plant, program, teach, break down, hammer into, shape up, work over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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