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touch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of touch

1 the state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation

everyone promised to keep in touch over the summer

Synonyms of touch

communication, contact, hold

Words Related to touch

commerce, communion, intercommunication, intercourse

2 a very small amount

added just a touch of parsley to the dish

Synonyms of touch

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, trace

Words Related to touch

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter

clipping, paring, shaving

Phrases Synonymous with touch

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of touch

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

3 something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind

each designer has his or her own personal touches

Synonyms of touch

affection, attribute, attribution, character, characteristic, criterion, diagnostic, differentia, feature, fingerprint, hallmark, mark, marker, note, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, specific, stamp, trait

Words Related to touch

badge, indication, sign

emblem, symbol, token

excellence, merit, virtue

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, oddity, quirk

individuality, singularity, uniqueness

4 an almost imperceptible sign of something

a touch of irritation tinged his voice as the candidate fielded yet another question about his personal finances

Synonyms of touch

breath, flicker, glimmer, hint, suggestion, tang, trace, whiff

Words Related to touch

inkling, intimation, scent, wind

evidence, indication, mark, sign

Near Antonyms of touch

permeation, pervasion, saturation

touch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of touch

1 to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin

be careful not to touch this pan—it's still hot

Synonyms of touch

Words Related to touch

caress, embrace, finger, fondle, hug, kiss, lip, nose, nudge, nuzzle, paw, rub, stroke

brush, graze, shave, skim

clasp, clench, cling (to), clutch, grasp, grip, handle, hold, palm

chuck, clap, dab, flick, pat, tag, tap, tip

hit, knock, pound, rap, whack

2 to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

your speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply

Synonyms of touch

affect, impact, impress, influence, move, reach, strike, sway, tell (on)

Words Related to touch

carry away, dazzle, enrapture, entrance, enthrall (or enthral), ravish, transport

engage, interest, involve, penetrate, pierce

afflict, agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fluster, harass, harry, perturb, pester, plague, smite, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry, wring

allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate

Phrases Synonymous with touch

Near Antonyms of touch

bore, jade, pall, tire, weary

3 to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable

unfortunately, his insufferable arrogance tends to touch even the good deeds that he does

Synonyms of touch

blemish, darken, mar, poison, spoil, stain, taint, tarnish, vitiate

Words Related to touch

begrime, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blur, cloud, dirty, discolor, pollute, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, soil, sully, tar

abase, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, lower, shame, sink

bastardize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, subvert

color, distort, twist

Near Antonyms of touch

cleanse, purify

dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, glorify, hallow, magnify, uplift

4 to be adjacent to

our property touches theirs right where that big elm tree is

Synonyms of touch

abut, adjoin, border (on), butt (on or against), flank, fringe, join, march (with), neighbor, skirt, verge (on)

Words Related to touch

attach (to), communicate (with), connect (with), link (with)

bound, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), fence, line, margin, rim, surround

contact, converge, meet

5 to be the business or affair of

I don't think this decision touches you, so butt out

Synonyms of touch

affect, concern, involve

Words Related to touch

appertain (to), apply (to), bear (on), pertain (to), refer (to), relate (to)

embroil, ensnare, entangle, implicate

Synonym Discussion of touch

affect, influence, touch, impress, strike, sway mean to produce or have an effect upon. affect implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction.

- the sight affected her to tears

influence implies a force that brings about a change (as in nature or behavior).

- our beliefs are influenced by our upbringing

touch may carry a vivid suggestion of close contact and may connote stirring, arousing, or harming.

- plants touched by frost
- his emotions were touched by her distress

impress stresses the depth and persistence of the effect.

- only one of the plans impressed him

strike, similar to but weaker than impress, may convey the notion of sudden sharp perception or appreciation.

- struck by the solemnity of the occasion

sway implies the acting of influences that are not resisted or are irresistible, with resulting change in character or course of action.

- politicians who are swayed by popular opinion

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