Synonyms of affected

affected 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in strained

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

affected laughter at the boss's jokes

an affected southern accent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strained
• mock
• unnatural
• exaggerated
• false
• simulated
• mechanical
• forced
• assumed
• fake
• artificial
• contrived
• plastic
• pseudo
• feigned
• spurious
• cute
• pretended
• theatrical
• bogus
• calculated
• sham
• manufactured
• factitious
• automatic
• unreal
• empty
• phony
• put-on
• hollow
• deliberate
• labored
• conscious
• cultivated
• unrealistic
• hypocritical
• pat
• stiff
• fabricated
• canned
• formal
• studied
• unauthentic
• concocted
• conventional
• insincere
• overrefined
• wooden
• unctuous
• melodramatic
• histrionic
• impersonal
• facile
• rigid
• stylized
• overdone
• mealy
• hokey
• mincing
• inflexible
• two-faced
• premeditated
• genteel
• left-handed
• overacted
• artful
• mealymouthed
• double-dealing
• simpering
• cutesy
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unaffected
• natural
• genuine
• spontaneous
• real
• right
• true
• bona fide
• realistic
• authentic
• artless
• honest
• sincere
• easy
• smooth
• unfeigned
• unforced
• uncontrived
• ingenuous
• unconscious
• effortless
• instinctive
• impulsive
• impromptu
• unpretending
• extemporaneous
• unstudied
• unprompted
• unrehearsed

2

as in arrogant

self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance

with her pinkie extended, the four-year-old held her tiny teacup in that affected manner that some women have

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• proud
• grandiose
• important
• pretentious
• ostentatious
• pompous
• high-minded
• smug
• snippy
• confident
• rude
• aggressive
• cavalier
• complacent
• highfalutin
• la-di-da
• self-pleased
• vain
• uppity
• bumptious
• superior
• sure
• high-handed
• sententious
• conceited
• self-centered
• imperious
• vainglorious
• high-toned
• high-and-mighty
• snobbish
• assertive
• presumptuous
• egotistic
• disdainful
• grandiloquent
• supercilious
• prideful
• egoistic
• haughty
• overweening
• snobby
• high-hat
• self-obsessed
• self-satisfied
• brassy
• cocky
• impudent
• flaunting
• airy
• high-sounding
• self-dramatizing
• boastful
• insolent
• hoity-toity
• self-complacent
• high-flown
• self-important
• forward
• showy
• stuck-up
• lordly
• self-assertive
• cheeky
• flamboyant
• audacious
• glitzy
• self-assured
• self-aggrandizing
• garish
• gaudy
• self-confident
• self-glorifying
• bragging
• self-conceited
• self-asserting
• self-promoting
• flashy
• bold
• splashy
• braggart

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• meek
• retiring
• homely
• lowly
• passive
• quiet
• unassuming
• reserved
• down-to-earth
• timid
• shy
• bashful
• unassertive
• demure
• mousy
• diffident
• overmodest

3

as in inclined

having a liking or affection

after years of being well affected toward their grandchildren, they did not want to lose access to them because of a bitter divorce

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inclined
• attached
• partial
• fond
• gone (on)
• big on
• mad (about)
• crazy (about or over)
• eager
• enraptured
• enthusiastic
• infatuated
• excited
• enamored
• desirous
• nuts (about)
• keen
• gung ho

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergic
• indifferent
• averse
• cool
• uninterested
• apathetic
• hostile
• contemptuous
• antagonistic
• disdainful
• scornful
• disinclined
• alienated
• disaffected
• disenchanted
• antipathetic
• estranged

affected

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verb (1)

past tense of affect

1

as in influenced

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influenced
• impacted
• impressed
• touched
• struck
• reached
• interested
• inspired
• swayed
• involved
• told (on)
• got to
• bothered
• moved
• concerned
• disturbed
• attracted
• fascinated
• worried
• plagued
• dazzled
• carried away
• afflicted
• penetrated
• troubled
• entranced
• biased
• engaged
• upset
• enchanted
• stirred
• enthralled
• transported
• perturbed
• harassed
• colored
• distressed
• ravished
• stressed
• enraptured
• tried
• pierced
• charmed
• captivated
• flustered
• smote
• bewitched
• agitated
• harried
• disquieted
• discomforted
• wrung
• pestered
• discomposed
• strained
• allured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tired
• bored
• wearied
• jaded
• palled
• underwhelmed

2

as in concerned

to be the business or affair of

fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concerned
• involved
• touched
• related (to)
• applied (to)
• referred (to)
• bore (on)
• implicated
• pertained (to)
• appertained (to)
• embroiled
• ensnared
• entangled

affected

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verb (2)

past tense of affect

1

as in pretended

to present a false appearance of

she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretended
• assumed
• simulated
• acted
• passed (for)
• made believe
• feigned
• professed
• put on
• counterfeited
• dissembled
• concealed
• shammed
• forged
• bluffed
• faked
• posed
• played
• imitated
• masqueraded
• masked
• impersonated
• let on
• disguised
• playacted
• camouflaged
• dissimulated
• malingered
• feinted

2

as in haunted

to go to or spend time in often

a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haunted
• frequented
• visited
• hung (at)
• resorted (to)
• habituated
• invaded
• attended
• infested
• patronized
• dropped in
• dropped by
• stopped (by or in)
• called (on or upon)
• stopped (over)
• swarmed
• ran (in)
• stayed (at)
• camped (out in)
• popped (in)
• took in
• overran
• tarried (in)
• sojourned (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• shunned
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• eluded
• ducked
• dodged
• eschewed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of affected

Verb

Still, Tripodis hopes the findings will prove useful for families who have been affected by CTE and will inform current and future players of the risks involved in the sport. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

The first plan, which would have cut up to 18 English learner teachers and affected at least two dozen schools, drew backlash. — Beret Leone, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Hollywood is in the midst of an industry-wide consolidation that has affected wide swaths of Southern California. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Many have lost health insurance, hospitals have closed, and disease outbreaks have affected communities. — Ari Pinkus, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

There are few households in Israel that haven’t been affected in some way by the events that have played out since, leaving a sense of profound grief and insecurity that lingers across the Israeli society. — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026

Universal Studios Hollywood came in at number 16 on the global list, down 8% to an even eight million visitors in 2025, affected in part by the aftermath of wildfires in Los Angeles. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

In neighboring Odisha, officials plan to evacuate about 48,000 people from areas likely to be affected by the storm. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Andreano suggested that profit motive affected the state’s attorney’s decisionmaking in the Kee case. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026