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| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical contact |
| Synonyms: | blow, brush, caress, collision, communication, contact, crash, embrace, feel, feeling, graze, grope, handling, hit, hug, impact, junction, kiss, lick, manipulation, nudge, pat, peck, perception, percussion, push, rub, scratch, shock, stroke, tap, taste, touching, contingence, cuddling, fondling, palpation, petting, rubbing, stroking, tactility, taction |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make physical contact |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, border, brush, caress, communicate, contact, converge, dab, examine, feel, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, graze, grope, handle, hit, inspect, join, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, neighbor, osculate, partake, pat, paw, pet, probe, push, reach, rub, scrutinize, sip, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, tickle, tip, toy, verge, be in contact, butt on, come together, feel up, impinge upon, lay a finger on, palm, palpate, percuss, thumb |
| Antonyms: | cower, shrink, shy away |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny amount |
| Synonyms: | bit, dash, detail, drop, hint, inkling, intimation, jot, pinch, scent, shade, smack, smattering, soupçon, speck, spot, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, trace, whiff, small amount |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an effect on |
| Synonyms: | affect, arouse, carry, disturb, excite, grab, impress, influence, inspire, mark, melt, move, quicken, soften, stimulate, stir, strike, stroke, sway, upset, feel out, get through to, get to*, make an impression, strike a chord, tug at the heart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner, method |
| Synonyms: | ability, acquaintance, adroitness, approach, art, artistry, awareness, characteristic, command, communication, contact, direction, effect, facility, faculty, familiarity, finish, flair, hand, handiwork, influence, knack, mastery, skill, style, talent, technique, trademark, understanding, way, adeptness, deftness, virtuosity |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have to do with; regard |
| Synonyms: | affect, bear on, concern, consume, drink, eat, handle, interest, involve, use, utilize, be a party to, be associated with, bear upon, belong to, center upon, concern oneself with, deal with, get involved in, partake of, pertain to, refer to |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make mention |
| Synonyms: | bring in, cover, discuss, go over, mention, note, treat, allude to, deal with, refer to, speak of |
| Antonyms: | secrete |
| Main Entry: | touch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare with; correspond to |
| Synonyms: | amount, approach, come up to, equal, match, meet, parallel, rival, tie, be a match for, be in the same league, be on a par, come near, come to, hold a candle to, measure up, partake of, verge on |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| 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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| 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: | 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* |
| Notes: | amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal, add up to |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
| Synonyms: | approach, border on, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, come near, verge on |
| Main Entry: | artistry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great skill in creative endeavors |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, creativity, finesse, flair, genius, mastery, proficiency, style, talent, taste, touch, workmanship, artfulness, brilliance, craftship, virtuosity |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, ineptitude |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | border on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close to; approximate |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, be like, be similar to, come near, lie near, lie next to, verge on |
| Antonyms: | not touch |
| Main Entry: | cuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold fondly, closely |
| Synonyms: | bundle, burrow, caress, clasp, cosset, dandle, embrace, enfold, fondle, huddle, hug, kiss, love, nestle, nuzzle, pet, snug, snuggle, touch, curl up, feel up |
| Antonyms: | push away |
| Main Entry: | dab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small quantity |
| Synonyms: | bit, blob, dollop, drop, fleck, flick, pat, peck, smidgen, smudge, speck, spot, stroke, tap, touch |
| Antonyms: | glob, mass |
| Main Entry: | dexterity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, ability |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, art, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, expertise, facility, finesse, ingenuity, knack, know-how, mastery, neatness, nimbleness, proficiency, readiness, skill, smoothness, tact, touch, aptness, deftness, effortlessness, expertness, handiness, skillfulness |
| Antonyms: | awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | equal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make even, be even with |
| Synonyms: | agree, amount to, approach, balance, break even, come up to, compare, comprise, consist of, coordinate, correspond, emulate, equalize, equate, level, match, meet, parallel, reach, rival, tally, tie, touch, be commensurate, be identical, be level, be tantamount, equipoise, equiponderate, keep pace with, live up to, measure up, partake of, rank with, rise to, run abreast, square with |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, vary, unmatch |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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