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

The grant comes at a crucial time for nonprofits facing fewer and more restrictive federal funding available impacting operations, according to both leaders. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026

Whatever negative feelings that persist between your daughter and her ex are clearly impacting your granddaughter. — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026

But substantial workforce reductions, seen across the federal government, and staffing shortages are reported to be impacting some of the key services veterans are entitled to. — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Childcare gaps in Texas are costing employers billions of dollars and impacting parents’ decisions on having more children. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2026

Local educators and special education advocates say that special education teacher vacancies and costs associated with transportation and outplacement are severely impacting school budgets. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

If entire branches are dying or needles at the ends of branches begin to die, there could be another issue impacting the tree that’s worth investigating. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Mexico overhauled the San Antonio de los Buenos wastewater plant in Tijuana, aiming to reduce the discharge of sewage impacting border communities. — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Analysts suggested those won’t impact data centers already under construction or approved through 2027, instead largely impacting future projects planned for 2028. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026