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impact

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of impact

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

the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life

Synonyms of impact

affect, impress, influence, move, reach, strike, sway, tell (on), touch

Words Related to impact

carry away, dazzle, enrapture, entrance, enthrall (or enthral), ravish, transport

engage, interest, involve, penetrate, pierce

afflict, agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fluster, harass, harry, perturb, pester, plague, smite, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry, wring

allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate

Phrases Synonymous with impact

Near Antonyms of impact

bore, jade, pall, tire, weary

2 to come into usually forceful contact with something

the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall

Synonyms of impact

bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, hit, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud

Words Related to impact

bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip

contact, land, touch

brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep

bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms of impact

3 to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest

Synonyms of impact

bed, embed (also imbed), enroot, entrench (also intrench), fix, implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

Words Related to impact

imbue, infuse, instill

beat (into), drive (into)

establish, place, put, settle, stick

Near Antonyms of impact

eliminate, eradicate

detach, disconnect, disengage, remove

Antonyms of impact

dislodge, root (out), uproot

impact

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of impact

1 a forceful coming together of two things

the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor

Synonyms of impact

bump, collision, concussion, crash, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, shock, slam, smash, strike, wallop

Words Related to impact

blow, buffet, hit, knock, punch, rap, slap, thump

bashing, battering, bludgeoning, clobbering, hammering, lambasting, licking, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing

contact, encounter, meeting, touch

2 the power to bring about a result on another

the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment

Synonyms of impact

effect, influence, mark, repercussion, sway

Words Related to impact

authority, clout, prestige, pull, weight

command, domination, dominion, mastery

consequence, importance, significance

sovereignty (also sovranty), supremacy

Near Antonyms of impact

helplessness, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness

3 the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect

the story has real dramatic impact

Synonyms of impact

cogency, effectiveness, force, forcefulness, point, punch

Words Related to impact

importance, significance

appeal, attraction, charm, fascination

Synonym Discussion of impact

impact, collision, shock, concussion mean a forceful, even violent contact between two or more things. impact may be used to imply contact between two things, at least one of which is impelled toward the other.

- the glass shattered on impact with the floor

collision implies the coming together of two or more things with such force that both or all are damaged or their progress is severely impeded.

- the collision damaged the vehicle

shock often denotes the effect produced by a collision and carries the suggestion of something that strikes or hits with force.

- the shock of falling rocks

concussion when not in technical use, often suggests the shattering, disrupting, or weakening effects of a collision, explosion, or blow.

- bystanders felt the concussion of the blast

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