Impact

/ˈɪmpækt/

Synonyms for "impact" (362 found)

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Closest matches (73)

affectaffective meaningairburstaltitude peakappulseautomatic controlbacklash backwash bearing bedblast offblast-off blow bounce brunt buffet bulldozing bulling bump bumping

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burden burn burnout cannon carambole carom ceiling change clash clout colliding collision coloring concussion confirm connotation consequence consequences contactcrack up

Noun(19 words)

affectaffect resultsaffect study resultsaffecting alteramount of physical forceartistry in performancearts fundingbatteringbe importantbiological effectsbumps cannoningcatalan forçaclash collide collision collisions consequence

Verb(10 words)

affectaffect behavioraffect decisionsaffect performanceaffect understandingaffectsbear onbear uponbroadsidedchanging pond food web

Adjective(4 words)

associative influencebehavioral influencebiological effectbroad extent

Strong matches (108)

crack-up cramcram incrash crashingcrowd incrump crunch deep-dye define denotation descent driftdrive ineffect embed encounterend of burningengraft engrave

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entrench essence establish etch extension fix flight forceforce infound gistgrammatical meaningground hammering hit idea ignition imbed impingement implant implication import impress impression imprint infix influence ingrain inscribe intension jamjam injar jolt jounceknock inlaunch

Noun(38 words)

crashcrash intocrashescrashes intodintdisruption effectdutch invloedeffecteffect on performanceeffectiveness effectseffects of political upheavaleffects techniquesemotional impactencroachment footprint footprintsforce relatedforcing grabbing

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greatly affecthit hitting impactfulness impaction impingement importance impressivenessimprint bearinginfluence influences influencing jarring jolting jostles lastingnessleadership styleleave a mark

Verb(6 words)

crashed impingesinfluence outcomesinfluence verbinteracted interrelates

Adjective(7 words)

economic influence factorseducational consequenceenvironmental factor effectfamily influencegerman einflussgreat influenceimmediate influence

Related words (181)

Verb(9 words)

leave a tracematters to mepertainproduce outcomesshooksmack into a treesmack into expectationstouchtouch on

Noun(51 words)

legacymatter greatlymattered greatly formattered in the endmattering to othersmore forcedmore forcefulmost forcefullyneoclassical influencenorwegian innflytelsenumber sense activitiespercussionplant spacingpolicy outcomepolicy-area impactportuguese influênciaproduce effectprogram resultsram intoramification

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ravagingrevolutionariness of ideasrole modelingroman law influencescathesemantic effectshock shocks sideswipes significanceslam intosledgehammerssmack intosmashes smites smiting splashes strikestrong influenceteacher matteringtech effectsthud thudding thuds valuevibration effectwallop wallops whamming whammy whams

lexical meaninglift-offliteral meaninglodge mark mauling meaning meeting modify onslaught overtone packpack inpercussion pertinence pith plantplunge inplunge intopoint

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poke inpoundpound inpractical consequencepress inprint punch purportpush inquake quiverram inrammingrange of meaningrap reactionreal meaningrecoil reference referent reflex relation relevance repercussion response results rockrocket launchingrootrun inscope seatsemantic clustersemantic fieldsense setset insettle shake shock shoot shot sideswipe significance signification significatum signifie slap sledgehammering smash smash-up smashing smashupspan of meaningspiritsqueeze instamp stereotype strike striking strokestructural meaningstuffstuff insubstance sumsum and substancesymbolic meaningtamptamp intenor thrustthrust inthrustingtotality of associationstrajectorytransferred meaningtremble tremorunadorned meaningundertone valuevelocity peakwallop wedgewedge inweight whomp

Determiner(1 words)

most resultant consequence

Adjective(10 words)

nonmechanical effectperceived matteringpersuasive tonephysical effectphysical influencescientific significancesignificant effectsocial matteringspanish influenciastrong effect

Interjection(2 words)

wham wow

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

27 entries

alter change combat consequence contact effect event fight fighting force hit impinging importance influence interaction issue

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More specific

12 entries

academic growthacademic impactachievement changeblow collision crashcultural impacteconomic impactenvironmental impactperformance shiftpublic impactsocial impact

Collocations

9 entries

economic impacteducational impactenvironmental impactimpact assessmentlasting impactmajor impactnegative impactpositive impactsignificant impact

Inflections

3 entries

impacted impacting impacts

Derivations

4 entries

impacted impactful impactfulness impacting

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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What thought do you think had the biggest impact on the English in the Middle Ages?

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The car bumper absorbed some of the impact.

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The statesman's death had a great impact on the political world.

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This movement had a great impact on the behavior of women.

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