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imprint

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of imprint

1 a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it
  • found an imprint on the road where something apparently had been dragged
Synonyms of imprint

trace, track, trail
Words Related to imprint

footprint, footstep, hoofprint, path, rut, step, tread

artifact, leavings, relic, remain(s), remainder, remnant, residual, residue, sign, spoor, token, vestige

clue, cue, hint, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion

scent, shadow, whiff
2 a perceptible trace left by pressure
  • an imprint of a dinosaur's foot embedded in the limestone
Synonyms of imprint

impress, impression, print, stamp
Words Related to imprint

dent, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture

mark, sign

imprint

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of imprint

to produce a vivid impression of
  • That early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind.
Synonyms of imprint

brand, engrave, etch, impress, infix, ingrain (also engrain)
Words Related to imprint

enroot, imbue, implant, inculcate, infuse, instill

fix, set, stamp
Near Antonyms of imprint

blot out, erase, expunge, obliterate

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