high-impact

adjective

high-im·​pact ˈhī-ˈim-ˌpakt 

sports

: relating to or involving a physical activity (such as jumping or running) in which the body makes forceful and usually repeated contact with the ground

high-impact sports/exercises

a high-impact workout

high-impact wrestling moves

… a high-impact sports bra that's designed to provide ample support …

—Jemicah Colleen Marasigan

compare low-impact

Examples of high-impact in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After his amputation, Schultz wanted to get back into high-impact sports, and couldn't find a prosthesis that could handle it. —Emily Chen-Newton, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026

But the Republican sponsors had held firm as lawmakers of both parties agreed the public had the right to know about high-impact projects in their neighborhoods. —Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

Consider investing in eye masks for a low-effort (but high-impact) solution for those who are more sensitive to nighttime light. —Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026

Those are high-impact moves to keep and build on what the Rams did on defense last year. —Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for high-impact

• artefact
• artifact
• counteract
• inexact
• interact
• noncontact
• reenact
• subcontract
• abstract
• attacked
• attract
• contact