Synonyms of impacting

impacting

verb

present participle of impact

1

as in affecting

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 & Similar Words

• affecting
• influencing
• impressing
• touching
• striking
• reaching
• interesting
• swaying
• involving
• inspiring
• telling (on)
• moving
• bothering
• getting to
• concerning
• attracting
• fascinating
• disturbing
• plaguing
• penetrating
• worrying
• dazzling
• carrying away
• transporting
• biasing
• troubling
• afflicting
• ravishing
• upsetting
• engaging
• stirring
• harassing
• distressing
• trying
• enchanting
• perturbing
• stressing
• entrancing
• piercing
• coloring
• disquieting
• enrapturing
• captivating
• smiting
• charming
• pestering
• enthralling
• agitating
• discomforting
• wringing
• bewitching
• alluring
• flustering
• harrying
• discomposing
• straining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tiring
• wearying
• palling
• jading
• underwhelming

2

as in colliding

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 & Similar Words

• colliding
• bumping
• slamming
• banging
• crashing
• smashing
• hitting
• ramming
• knocking
• impinging
• thudding
• striking
• bashing
• swiping
• bouncing
• glancing
• contacting
• scraping
• touching
• skipping
• pushing
• sweeping
• rebounding
• ricocheting
• brushing
• landing
• grazing
• kissing
• skimming
• nudging
• shaving
• caroming
• jostling
• clunking
• pressing
• bulldozing
• muscling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• skirting

3

as in embedding

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embedding
• rooting
• lodging
• entrenching
• putting
• implanting
• fixing
• placing
• bedding
• ingraining
• establishing
• infusing
• enrooting
• imbuing
• sticking
• instilling
• driving (into)
• beating (into)
• settling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eliminating
• eradicating
• rooting (out)
• dislodging
• uprooting
• removing
• expelling
• ejecting
• disconnecting
• detaching
• disengaging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impacting

About eight fights broke out throughout the two-hour session, significantly impacting the ability of either team to get in as much quality work as expected. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

This comes amid other challenges impacting student loan programs, including new PSLF rules, miscalculated IDR plan payments, and application backlogs. — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The Coalition for Open Democracy coordinates voter registration and outreach efforts across New Hampshire and filed suit to block the Secretary of State’s Office from impacting the voting rights of students. — Zach Laird, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

How is the pending merger, especially the uncertainty surrounding it, impacting your strategy, if at all? — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

According to forecast discussions from the NWS, a series of cold fronts will move through the area this week, impacting the weather and precipitation. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

The stagnation of Medicaid reimbursement rates, a pain point at all hospitals may be a factor impacting staffing and boarding rates, according to lawmakers. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026

Following a line of extreme destructive thunderstorms, a meteotsunami is impacting Lake Michigan, all along Chicago's lakefront and the shore in Northwest Indiana. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

The rise of ocean living is, of course, directly impacting yacht design. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2026