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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 |
| Main Entry: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, approximate, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, link, neighbor, touch, verge, be adjacent to, lie beside |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given beforehand |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, allowance, bite*, credit, deposit, down payment, front money*, hike, increase, loan, retainer, rise*, score, stake, take*, touch*, floater, prepayment |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be appropriate, relevant |
| Synonyms: | affect, allude, appertain, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
| Synonyms: | administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch, lay on |
| 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: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, crave, demand, entreat, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch*, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge, contend for, file for |
| Antonyms: | answer, claim, command, insist, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seek charity |
| Synonyms: | benefit, bite*, brace, bum*, burn*, buzz*, cadge*, chisel*, ding*, hustle, knock, mooch*, nick*, panhandle, score*, scrounge, sponge*, tap, touch, want, ask alms, call on, call upon, clamor for, dime up, freeload*, hit up, live hand to mouth, mendicate, nickel up, pass the hat, put the bite on, put the touch on, solicit charity, sponge on |
| Antonyms: | give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of, be in proper place |
| Synonyms: | accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, bear, become, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, fit, go, harmonize, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest, attach to, be a component, be a constituent, be a part, be akin, be an adjunct of, be connected with, be fitting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, bear upon, befit, go with, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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