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

Mexico's government has called for evacuations in some areas and set up shelters for those affected. — Megan Janetsky, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026

The regions expected to be most affected are overwhelmingly in the Global South. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

The policy could have affected legally present immigrants, Temporary Protected Status holders and DACA recipients, while burdening underfunded agencies and deterring families from seeking help. — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

The agency's ongoing reorganization has also affected when mail gets a postmark, which is often used to determine whether a mail-in ballot was sent on time. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026

The region was also among those most severely affected by the February 2023 earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Backers are investing in a founder, but the return on that investment will be affected by the technology behind the project. — Andrei Grachev, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Residents affected by those closures should call 414-286-8350 or go online for an overnight parking permit. — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2026

The transformations that have decimated protest movements—undone by digitization, atomization, and the evanescence of online life—have also affected shame and its ability to mediate social norms without the intervention of the state. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026