Synonyms of impinge

impinge

verb

im-ˈpinj 

as in to collide

to come into usually forceful contact with something

hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collide
• bump
• slam
• bang
• smash
• knock
• hit
• crash
• ram
• impact
• strike
• swipe
• bash
• thud
• bounce
• contact
• scrape
• graze
• ricochet
• glance
• push
• land
• rebound
• skip
• jostle
• touch
• sweep
• brush
• skim
• nudge
• muscle
• kiss
• shave
• carom
• clunk
• press
• bulldoze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• miss
• skirt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impinge

Then again, that slightly generic quality never impinges on the film’s characterizations, and allows viewers to extrapolate the finer points of this story to the plights of so many other refugees, from Syria and elsewhere. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026

The flames impinged on a nearby building, but the building did not catch fire, the fire department said. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025

This would not impinge on the principle of tariff-free transit for commercial shipping through Danish waters. —Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025

In principle, besides fluctuating stars transients can be associated with other things, too, such as extreme space weather events impinging on the upper atmosphere, sunlight glinting off reflective objects near Earth, as well as flaws in the telescope or the imaging process. —Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025