Synonyms of impinges

impinges

verb

present tense third-person singular of impinge

as in collides

to come into usually forceful contact with something

hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collides
• bumps
• slams
• smashes
• bangs
• knocks
• crashes
• rams
• impacts
• hits
• strikes
• swipes
• thuds
• bounces
• bashes
• glances
• lands
• touches
• pushes
• contacts
• ricochets
• skips
• scrapes
• grazes
• skims
• sweeps
• jostles
• rebounds
• nudges
• brushes
• muscles
• clunks
• shaves
• caroms
• kisses
• presses
• bulldozes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• skirts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impinges

One is nothing more than a money laundering scheme, and the other impinges upon an open, fair and free market. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

The Tua Tagovailoa/Mike McDaniel era ultimately failed, now Dolfans are being begged for yet more patience as the onerous burden of Tagovailoa’s contract impinges on the rebuild. — Greg Cote april 6, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026

Markets have not fallen further because the outlook for earnings growth remains bullish, Turnquist said — though that could change the longer the conflict drags on and further impinges on consumer spending and business investment. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026

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

Blakeney, who left Universal last spring, specializes in equipping theme parks with all of the unsexy infrastructure required to function—toilets, cellphone towers—as well as ensuring that none of it impinges on the illusion. — Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025