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touch, touchingnoun
the event of something coming in contact with the body
«he longed for the touch of her hand»; «the cooling touch of the night air»
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous sensesnoun
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
«only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us»
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touch, trace, ghostnoun
a suggestion of some quality
«there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone»; «he detected a ghost of a smile on her face»
Synonyms:
ghostwriter, jot, wraith, cutaneous senses, shade, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, specter, shadow, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, tincture, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, vestige, spectre, spook, mite, tinge, ghost, tracing, spot, tactile sensation, contact, suggestion -
touch, signaturenoun
a distinguishing style
«this room needs a woman’s touch»
Synonyms:
jot, theme song, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, key signature, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, signature tune, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touch, touchingnoun
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
«at his touch the room filled with lights»
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun
a slight but appreciable amount
«this dish could use a touch of garlic»
Synonyms:
hint, touch sensation, signature, intimation, mite, jot, wind, spot, apprehension, corpuscle, sense of touch, exigency, cutaneous senses, suggestion, confidential information, lead, arrest, touch modality, tactile sensation, tinge, soupcon, ghost, pinch, speck, touching, particle, clue, taking into custody, steer, undertone, tactual sensation, skin senses, jotting, molecule, atom, pinpoint, collar, emergency, tweak, breath, feeling, contact, catch, trace, tip, mote -
contact, touchnoun
a communicative interaction
«the pilot made contact with the base»; «he got in touch with his colleagues»
Synonyms:
jot, soupcon, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, touch modality, tangency, touching, hint, physical contact, ghost, sense of touch, skin senses, striking, inter-group communication, liaison, trace, feeling, pinch, contact lens, link, impinging, mite, middleman, tinge, tactual sensation, speck, spot, tactile sensation, contact, signature -
touch, spotnoun
a slight attack of illness
«he has a touch of rheumatism»
Synonyms:
hint, slur, signature, berth, mite, blot, ghost, place, spot, jot, sense of touch, billet, cutaneous senses, dapple, touch modality, post, tactile sensation, tinge, spotlight, soupcon, topographic point, point, speck, position, smear, bit, touching, fleck, tactual sensation, skin senses, speckle, maculation, daub, touch sensation, smudge, pinch, feeling, contact, smirch, situation, office, trace, stain, pip, patch -
touchnoun
the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
«he watched the beggar trying to make a touch»
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feelingnoun
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
«she likes the touch of silk on her skin»; «the surface had a greasy feeling»
Synonyms:
hint, tactility, signature, mite, skin senses, ghost, flavour, spot, jot, sense of touch, cutaneous senses, touch modality, trace, tactile sensation, tinge, skin perceptiveness, soupcon, impression, touch sensation, speck, touching, opinion, belief, spirit, tactual sensation, tone, feel, smell, pinch, feeling, notion, contact, intuitive feeling, touch perception, flavor, look -
touchnoun
deftness in handling matters
«he has a master’s touch»
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touchverb
the feel of mechanical action
«this piano has a wonderful touch»
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact -
touchverb
make physical contact with, come in contact with
«Touch the stone for good luck»; «She never touched her husband»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern -
touchverb
perceive via the tactile sense
«Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern -
touch, stirverb
affect emotionally
«A stirring movie»; «I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy»
Synonyms:
adjoin, shake up, excite, evoke, have-to doe with, put forward, rival, shake, pertain, agitate, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, conjure, stimulate, arouse, bring up, invoke, conjure up, affect, budge, raise, relate, call down, touch on, equal, bear upon, tinct, bear on, call forth, allude, shift, reach, contact, come to, advert, partake, extend to, disturb, tint -
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe withverb
be relevant to
«There were lots of questions referring to her talk»; «My remark pertained to your earlier comments»
Synonyms:
adjoin, resuscitate, equal, associate, doctor, have-to doe with, cite, rival, hit, consult, fix, pertain, appertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, worry, link, refer, strike, meet, reach, repair, connect, bushel, stir, bring up, uphold, tinge, look up, affect, occupy, restore, name, relate, touch on, interrelate, preserve, tinct, bear on, partake, allude, bear upon, mention, colligate, contact, match, tie in, come to, advert, push, furbish up, denote, carry on, revive, extend to, interest, disturb, link up, tint -
touch, adjoin, meet, contactverb
be in direct physical contact with; make contact
«The two buildings touch»; «Their hands touched»; «The wire must not contact the metal cover»; «The surfaces contact at this point»
Synonyms:
adjoin, conform to, butt against, come across, butt, foregather, rival, fulfil, fulfill, pertain, satisfy, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, have-to doe with, abut, edge, get hold of, converge, get together, run across, receive, border, forgather, fit, encounter, get through, butt on, affect, gather, take on, run into, cope with, fill, play, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, suffer, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, come to, advert, march, assemble, partake, extend to, see, disturb, tint -
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touchverb
have an effect upon
«Will the new rules affect me?»
Synonyms:
adjoin, dissemble, stir, rival, contact, involve, fix, pertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, carry on, tinge, refer, strike, meet, move, bushel, uphold, advert, affect, sham, restore, tint, relate, touch on, equal, preserve, tinct, bear on, impress, repair, allude, regard, match, bear upon, pretend, come to, have-to doe with, push, furbish up, feign, reach, partake, extend to, disturb, doctor -
touchverb
deal with; usually used with a form of negation
«I wouldn’t touch her with a ten-foot pole»; «The local Mafia won’t touch gambling»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern -
touchverb
cause to be in brief contact with
«He touched his toes to the horse’s flanks»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern -
reach, extend to, touchverb
to extend as far as
«The sunlight reached the wall»; «Can he reach?» «The chair must not touch the wall»
Synonyms:
adjoin, strive, disturb, progress to, rival, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, pertain, match, tinct, concern, reach, stir, tinge, refer, meet, get hold of, make, get to, gain, impact, give, affect, achieve, pass, relate, touch on, equal, advert, reach out, bear on, allude, bear upon, turn over, accomplish, contact, come to, have-to doe with, strain, partake, extend to, get through, tint, hand -
equal, touch, rival, matchverb
be equal to in quality or ability
«Nothing can rival cotton for durability»; «Your performance doesn’t even touch that of your colleagues»; «Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents»
Synonyms:
adjoin, pit, have-to doe with, rival, play off, pertain, couple, match, concern, fit, stir, tinge, refer, meet, equalize, twin, agree, be, gibe, oppose, tally, equalise, affect, pair, jibe, cope with, equate, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, correspond, come to, advert, impact, partake, extend to, mate, disturb, tint, check -
touch, disturbverb
tamper with
«Don’t touch my CDs!»
Synonyms:
adjoin, shake up, have-to doe with, raise up, interrupt, rival, commove, pertain, agitate, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, affect, trouble, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, upset, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, come to, advert, vex, partake, extend to, stir up, disturb, tint -
allude, touch, advertverb
make a more or less disguised reference to
«He alluded to the problem but did not mention it»
Synonyms:
adjoin, give ear, have-to doe with, cite, rival, pertain, match, concern, impact, pay heed, tinge, refer, meet, bring up, touch on, affect, name, relate, stir, equal, tinct, bear on, allude, bear upon, mention, attend, reach, hang, contact, come to, advert, partake, extend to, disturb, tint -
touchverb
comprehend
«He could not touch the meaning of the poem»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern -
partake, touchverb
consume
«She didn’t touch her food all night»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, partake in, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, share, meet, touch on, affect, equal, partake, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern -
tint, tinct, tinge, touchverb
color lightly
«her greying hair was tinged blond»; «the leaves were tinged red in November»
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, relate, tinct, disturb, reach, affect, impact, have-to doe with, partake, meet, stir, tint, equal, color, match, colour, come to, distort, advert, rival, refer, allude, tinge, pertain, touch on, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern
Matched Categories
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- Act
- Adeptness
- Attack
- Change
- Color
- Communication
- Compete
- Consume
- Contact
- Hint
- Manage
- Manner
- Move
- Perceive
- Small Indefinite Quantity
- Solicitation
- Suggestion
- Touch
- Understand
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touchverb
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hit (lightly), strike against -
touchverb
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meet, be contiguous to, abut on -
touchverb
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graze, come in contact with (in passing over) -
touchverb
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reach, come to, arrive at, attain to -
touchverb
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delineate (lightly), sketch, mark out, touch off -
touchverb
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handle, feel, feel of, meddle with, interfere with -
touchverb
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concern, regard, relate to, refer to, pertain to, appertain to, belong to, bear upon, have to do with -
touchverb
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affect, move, impress, melt, work upon, come home to -
touchverb
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meet, hit, be contiguous, be in contact, abut on one another -
touchnoun
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contact -
touchnoun
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feeling, tact, sense of feeling -
touchnoun
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stroke (with a pen, &c., or on a musical instrument) -
touchnoun
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tinge, tincture, cast, smack, taste, savor, flavor, spice, dash, sprinkling, seasoning, infusion, little, small quantity -
touchnoun
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[Rare.] test, criterion, touchstone, proof, assay, ordeal
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touchnoun
Synonyms:
touching, contact, contiguity, juxtaposition, osculation, tangency, taction, tact, palpation, dash, sprinkling, soupçon, infusion, animadversion, censure, stricture, reflection, slurAssociated words:
tactile, tactility, tactual, palpable, impalpable, palpability, impalpability -
touchverb
Synonyms:
meet, impinge, graze
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List of paraphrases for «touch»:
contact, touching, tactile, touche, affects, touches, affect, toque, touchscreen, touch-a, hit, press, tact, reach, touched, curfew, receive, liaison, ignition
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Debasish Mridha, M.D.:
People will try to break you, hate you, ignore you,
but if you accept them with love, nothing will touch you. -
Rose Marie:
I thought Dick Van Dyke was wonderful, I still do, i think Dick Van Dyke’s a brilliant talent. Dick Van Dyke loves a good time … It was a pleasure working for somebody like that. I love Dick Van Dyke very much. Even today I love Dick Van Dyke. We do keep in touch. Very, very much so.
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Melody Gardot:
We all worry about contagion now, but a smile is one of the contagious issues that I would like to have, it can make us feel a little more connected despite what is going on. We cannot touch each other, we cannot travel, this is kind of a postcard.
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Alysia Montano:
I don’t know what happened to Brenda, she ended up tripping and I found myself jumping around her and someone kicked me out from behind. What can I do in that situation? I didn’t touch anyone.
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Omar Jamal:
I am sure he is in touch with people as we speak right now.
Translations for touch
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- يلمس, لمس, لمس. اتصال. صلةArabic
- tocarCatalan, Valencian
- dotknout, dotýkat, dotek, hmat, dotykCzech
- røre, bevæge, berøreDanish
- berühren, Berührung, Tasten, SpurGerman
- αγγίζω, συγκινώ, αφή, επαφήGreek
- kortuŝi, tuŝiEsperanto
- tocar, toqueSpanish
- ukimenBasque
- پرماسیدن, لمس کردن, زدنPersian
- koskea, koskettaa, kosketella, käsikopelo, kosketus, tatsi, ominaispiirre, ulkopuoli, ote, tuntuma, tuntoaisti, tyyli, piirre, hiven, hitunen, aavistus, yhteys, kontaktiFinnish
- toucherFrench
- bain le, bain doIrish
- tocarGalician
- נָגַע, ריגשHebrew
- छूनाHindi
- érint, meghat, megindít, megérint, hozzányúl, érintés, tapintás, jellegzetesség, kontakt, kevés, partvonalHungarian
- դիպչելArmenian
- sentuh, raba, singgungIndonesian
- tusharIdo
- snertaIcelandic
- commuovere, toccare, tattoItalian
- 接触する, 触る, 触れる, タッチ, 触覚, 感触, 接触Japanese
- 닿다, 두드리다, 만지다Korean
- taxare, toccare, tango, taxo, tangere, tangeLatin
- liesti, paliestiLithuanian
- skart, aizskartLatvian
- whakapāMāori
- menyentuhMalay
- ထိBurmese
- aanraken, beroeren, roeren, raken, ontroeren, touché, detail, tikjeDutch
- berøre, røre, kontakt, berøring, følelseNorwegian
- tocar, tocharOccitan
- dotykać, dotknąć, wzruszać, wzruszyć, poruszać, poruszyć, dotyk, szczegół, odrobina, dotknięcie, podejście, styl, kontaktPolish
- tocar, toque, contatoPortuguese
- llamkhayQuechua
- tuccar, tucher, tocker, tutgar, tutgear, tutgierRomansh
- atinge, emoționaRomanian
- трогать, дотрагиваться, дотронуться, волновать, взволновать, тронуть, касаться, коснуться, растрогать, осязание, штрих, контакт, прикосновение, касание, стиль, манера, общениеRussian
- apodhicare, apoddicare, apodighare, podhicare, tocare, apodhigai, togare, tocae, tocaiSardinian
- dírati, tàknutiSerbo-Croatian
- beröra, röra, känsel, detalj, känsla för detaljer, beröring, liten bit, känsla, aning, smula, kontaktSwedish
- dara, daranaSwahili
- தொடுதல்Tamil
- స్పర్శ, తాకు, స్పర్శించు, ముట్టుకొనుTelugu
- แตะThai
- dokunmak, dokunmaTurkish
- доторкнутися, зворушуватися, доторкатисяUkrainian
- چھوناUrdu
- đến, sờ, chạm, đạt tới, xúc giácVietnamese
- פאַרבינדןYiddish
- 觸摸Chinese
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n
1 feel, feeling, handling, palpation, physical contact, tactility
2 blow, brush, caress, contact, fondling, hit, pat, push, stroke, tap
3 bit, dash, detail, drop, hint, intimation, jot, pinch, smack, small amount, smattering, soupçon, speck, spot, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, trace, whiff
4 direction, effect, hand, influence
5 approach, characteristic, handiwork, manner, method, style, technique, trademark, way
6 ability, adroitness, art, artistry, command, craft, deftness, facility, flair, knack, mastery, skill, virtuosity
7 acquaintance, awareness, communication, contact, correspondence, familiarity, understanding
vb
8 brush, caress, contact, feel, finger, fondle, graze, handle, hit, lay a finger on, palpate, pat, push, strike, stroke, tap
9 abut, adjoin, be in contact, border, brush, come together, contact, converge, graze, impinge upon, meet
10 affect, disturb, get through to, get to (informal) have an effect on, impress, influence, inspire, make an impression on, mark, melt, move, soften, stir, strike, tug at (someone’s) heartstrings (often facetious) upset
11 be a party to, concern oneself with, consume, deal with, drink, eat, get involved in, handle, have to do with, partake of, use, utilize
12 (with)
on allude to, bring in, cover, deal with, mention, refer to, speak of
13 bear upon, concern, have to do with, interest, pertain to, regard
14 be a match for, be in the same league as, be on a par with, come near, come up to, compare with, equal, hold a candle to (informal) match, parallel, rival
15 arrive at, attain, come to, reach
touch-and-go
close, critical, dangerous, hairy (slang) hazardous, near, nerve-racking, parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, sticky (informal) tricky
touch off
1 fire, ignite, light, put a match to, set off
2 arouse, begin, cause, foment, give rise to, initiate, provoke, set in motion, spark off, trigger (off)
touch up
1 finish off, perfect, put the finishing touches to, round off
2 brush up, enhance, fake (up), falsify, give a face-lift to, gloss over, improve, patch up, polish up, renovate, retouch, revamp, titivate, whitewash (informal)
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
touch
( touches plural & 3rd person present) ( touching present participle) ( touched past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it.
Her tiny hands gently touched my face… V n
The virus is not passed on through touching or shaking hands. V-ing
Touch is also a noun., n-count usu sing
Sometimes even a light touch on the face is enough to trigger off this pain.
2 v-recip If two things are touching, or if one thing touches another, or if you touch two things, their surfaces come into contact with each other.
Their knees were touching … pl-n V
A cyclist crashed when he touched wheels with another rider… V pl-n with n
If my arm touches the wall, it has to be washed again… V n
In some countries people stand close enough to touch elbows… V pl-n
He touched the cow’s side with his stick. V n with n
3 n-uncount Your sense of touch is your ability to tell what something is like when you feel it with your hands.
The evidence suggests that our sense of touch is programmed to diminish with age.
4 verb To touch something means to strike it, usually quite gently.
As the aeroplane went down the runway the wing touched a pile of rubble. V n
5 verb If something has not been touched, nobody has dealt with it or taken care of it.
usu passive, with brd-neg
When John began to restore the house in the 1960s, nothing had been touched for 40 years. be V-ed
6 verb If you say that you did not touch someone or something, you are emphasizing that you did not attack, harm or destroy them, especially when you have been accused of doing so.
with brd-neg (emphasis)
Pearce remained adamant, saying `I didn’t touch him’… V n
I was in the garden. I never touched the sandwiches. V n
7 verb You say that you never touch something or that you have not touched something for a long time to emphasize that you never use it, or you have not used it for a long time.
no passive, with brd-neg (emphasis)
He doesn’t drink much and doesn’t touch drugs… V n
8 verb If you touch on a particular subject or problem, you mention it or write briefly about it.
The film touches on these issues, but only superficially… V on/upon n
9 verb If something touches you, it affects you in some way for a short time.
…a guilt that in some sense touches everyone… V n
10 verb If something that someone says or does touches you, it affects you emotionally, often because you see that they are suffering a lot or that they are being very kind.
(=move)
It has touched me deeply to see how these people live… it V n to-inf
Her enthusiasm touched me. V n
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touched adj v-link ADJ
I was touched to find that he regards me as engaging…
11 verb If something is touched with a particular quality, it has a certain amount of that quality.
WRITTEN usu passive
His crinkly hair was touched with grey… be V-ed with n
The boy was touched with genius. be V-ed with n
12 verb If you say about someone that nobody can touch him or her for a particular thing, you mean that he or she is much better at it than anyone else.
no cont, no passive, with brd-neg
No one can touch these girls for professionalism. V n for n, Also V n
13 verb To touch a particular level, amount, or score, especially a high one, means to reach it.
(mainly BRIT) no passive
By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h. V n
14 n-count A touch is a detail which is added to something to improve it.
supp N
They called the event `a tribute to heroes’, which was a nice touch…
15 n-sing If someone has a particular kind of touch, they have a particular way of doing something.
with supp
The dishes he produces all have a personal touch…
16 quant A touch of something is a very small amount of it.
QUANT of n-uncount
She thought she just had a touch of flu…
17 You can use a touch to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme. For example, if you say that something is a touch expensive, you might really think that it is very expensive.
(mainly BRIT)
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a touch phrase PHR adj/adv/prep (vagueness)
(=a bit)
We were all a touch uneasy, I think…, I found it a touch distasteful.
19 You use at the touch of in expressions such as at the touch of a button and at the touch of a key to indicate that something is possible by simply touching a switch or one of the keys of a keyboard.
♦
at the touch of phrase PHR n, usu PHR after v
Staff will be able to trace calls at the touch of a button.
20 If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them.
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common touch phrase usu PHR after v (approval)
21 If you get in touchwith someone, you contact them by writing to them or telephoning them. If you are, keep, or stay in touchwith them, you write, phone, or visit each other regularly.
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in touch phrase PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR with n
The organisation would be in touch with him tomorrow…
22 If you are in touchwith a subject or situation, or if someone keeps you in touchwith it, you know the latest news or information about it. If you are out of touchwith it, you do not know the latest news or information about it.
♦
in touch/out of touch phrase PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR with n
…keeping the unemployed in touch with the labour market…, Mr Cavazos’ problem was that he was out of touch.
23 If you lose touchwith someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
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lose touch phrase V inflects, PHR with n, pl-n PHR
In my job one tends to lose touch with friends…
24 If you lose touchwith something, you no longer have the latest news or information about it.
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lose touch phrase V inflects, usu PHR with n
Their leaders have lost touch with what is happening in the country.
25 If you say that something is touch and go, you mean that you are uncertain whether it will happen or succeed.
♦
touch and go phrase v-link PHR, oft PHR wh
It was touch and go whether we’d go bankrupt.
26 If you say that someone is a soft touch or an easy touch, you mean that they can easily be persuaded to lend you money or to do things for you.
INFORMAL
♦
a soft touch/an easy touch phrase v-link PHR
Pamela was an easy touch when she needed some cash.
27
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would not touch someone or something with a barge pole
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barge pole
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the finishing touch
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finish
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touch wood
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wood touch down phrasal verb When an aircraft touches down, it lands.
(=land)
Spacecraft Columbia touched down yesterday… V P touch off phrasal verb If something touches off a situation or series of events, it causes it to start happening.
(=spark off)
Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence? V P n (not pron), Also V n P
out of touch
1 adj Someone who is out of touchwith a situation is not aware of recent changes in it.
v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n
Washington politicians are out of touch with the American people…
2 adj If you are out of touch with someone, you have not been in contact with them recently and are not familiar with their present situation.
v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n
James wasn’t invited. We’ve been out of touch for years.
touch paper , touchpaper
If someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper, they do something which causes anger or excitement.
(BRIT, JOURNALISM)
♦
light the (blue) touch paper phrase V inflects
This kind of remark is guaranteed to light the blue touch paper with some Labour politicians.
touch-screen ( touch-screens plural ) A touch-screen is a computer screen that allows the user to give commands to the computer by touching parts of the screen rather than by using the keyboard or mouse. (COMPUTING) n-count oft N n
touch-tone
A touch-tone telephone has numbered buttons that make different sounds when you press them. Some automatic telephone services can only be used with this kind of telephone. adj ADJ n
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Варианты (v1)
Варианты (v2)
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touch [tʌʧ] гл
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касаться, прикасаться, трогать, затрагивать, соприкасаться, коснуться, прикоснуться, затронуть, тронуть, дотронуться, потрогать, дотрагиваться
(concern, contact, move, affect)
- touch the ball – касаться мяча
- touch a woman – прикасаться к женщине
- touch the body – трогать тело
- touch the ground – соприкасаться с землей
- touch the soul – затронуть душу
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touch [tʌʧ] сущ
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касаниеср, прикосновениеср, осязаниеср, ощупьж
(touching, sense of touch)
- touch sensor – датчик касания
- touch of her hand – прикосновение руки
- sense of touch – чувство осязания
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контактм, связьж
(contact, link)
- constant touch – постоянный контакт
- lose touch – потерять связь
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штрихм
(stroke)
- final touch – последний штрих
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touch [tʌʧ] прил
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сенсорный
(sensor)
- touch screen control panel – сенсорная панель
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noun | ||
прикосновение | touch, dab, tip, contiguity, tig | |
штрих | hatch, stroke, touch, dash, line, trait | |
осязание | touch, feel | |
соприкосновение | contact, touch, contiguity, juxtaposition, osculation | |
налет | raid, bloom, touch, swoop, scurf, deposit | |
подход | approach, treatment, touch, access, slant, side | |
мазок | smear, swab, stroke, brushstroke, touch, daub | |
туше | touch, finger | |
оттенок | shade, tone, hue, tint, color, touch | |
такт | tact, time, measure, beat, bar, touch | |
салки | touch | |
общение | communication, communion, intercourse, association, companionship, touch | |
манера | manner, style, way, fashion, mannerism, touch | |
приемы | touch | |
характерная черта | characteristic, feature, trait, peculiarity, attribute, touch | |
чуточка | modicum, touch, ounce, dash, smidgen, taste | |
примесь | impurity, admixture, addition, additive, touch, dash | |
легкий приступ | touch | |
небольшой ушиб | touch | |
вымогательство | extortion, blackmail, racketeering, racket, exaction, touch | |
жертва обмана | dupe, touch, cully, fall guy | |
проба | try, sample, test, trial, probe, touch | |
испытание | test, trial, experience, assay, probation, touch | |
verb | ||
коснуться | touch, concern | |
касаться | touch, concern, regard, touch upon, touch on, apply | |
трогать | touch, move, handle, tamper, affect, feel | |
тронуть | touch, move, put a finger on, lay a finger on | |
прикасаться | touch, contact | |
потрогать | touch | |
дотрагиваться | touch, dab | |
притрагиваться | touch | |
растрогать | move, touch | |
волновать | excite, disturb, agitate, ferment, stir, touch | |
слегка касаться | touch, rase, lick, graze, tip, raze | |
копаться | delve, rummage, rummage about, grub, loiter, touch | |
задеть за живое | hit, touch, touch home | |
иметь отношение | relate, concern, refer, pertain, bear on, touch | |
быть касательной | touch | |
слегка портить | touch | |
слегка окрашивать | tint, touch, tincture, tinge | |
слегка затрагивать | touch | |
слегка задевать | touch, raze, rase, brush against | |
придавать оттенок | hue, touch, tinge | |
получать | get, receive, obtain, gain, have, touch | |
рыться | rummage, delve, burrow, scrabble, rummage about, touch | |
извлекать звук | sound, touch | |
добывать | extract, mine, obtain, get, make, touch | |
сравниться | compare, touch | |
оказывать воздействие | touch | |
adverb | ||
чуточку | a little, a bit, touch |
Синонимы (v1)
Синонимы (v2)
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touch гл
- contact · communication
- feel · regard
- reach · move · sort out
- affect · relate · refer · involve · disturb · pertain · tamper · offend
- concern
- strike · dab
- shade · tint · tinge
- sense of touch · tactile sensation
noun
- tap, pat, stroke, caress, brush, graze, hand
- skill, skillfulness, expertise, dexterity, deftness, adroitness, adeptness, ability, talent, flair, facility, proficiency, mastery, knack, technique, approach, style
- trace, bit, grain, hint, suggestion, suspicion, scintilla, tinge, overtone, undertone, note, dash, taste, drop, dab, dribble, pinch, speck, soupçon
- detail, feature, point, addition, accessory
- contact, communication, correspondence, connection, association, interaction
- contact
- touching
- sense of touch
- mite, tinge, pinch, speck, jot, hint, soupcon
- spot
- ghost, trace
- signature
- tactile sensation, tactual sensation, feeling
verb
- be in contact with, come into contact with, meet, join, connect with, converge with, be contiguous with, be against
- press lightly, tap, pat, feel, stroke, fondle, caress, pet, brush, graze, put a hand to
- compare with, rival, compete with, come/get close to, be on a par with, equal, match, be a match for, be in the same class/league as, measure up to, better, beat, hold a candle to
- handle, hold, pick up, move, meddle with, play about with, fiddle with, interfere with, tamper with, disturb, lay a finger on, use, employ, make use of
- affect, impact, have an effect on, have an impact on, make a difference to, change
- affect, move, tug at someone’s heartstrings, leave an impression on, have an effect on
- disturb
- allude, advert
- partake
- bear upon, affect, bear on, impact, touch on
- stir
- tinct, tint, tinge
- reach, extend to
- come to, bear on, refer, concern, pertain, relate, touch on
- equal, rival, match
- adjoin, meet, contact
Предложения со словом «touch»
After 30 years, he got to hug a niece he had never been able to touch before. |
Спустя 30 лет он обнял племянницу, к которой не имел возможности прикоснуться ранее. |
And the idea is that the congruence between seeing touch and feeling touch on an object that looks like hand and is roughly where a hand should be, is enough evidence for the brain to make its best guess that the fake hand is in fact part of the body. |
То есть ощущение касания и его зрительное восприятие в отношении объекта, похожего на руку, находящегося примерно там, где должна быть рука, достаточно мозгу для предположения, что фальшивая рука на самом деле является частью тела. |
So when you see a woman with braids or locks draping down her back, or you notice your colleague who has stopped straightening her hair to work, do not simply approach her and admire and ask her if you can touch it really appreciate her. |
И когда вы видите женщину с косичками или дредами, спадающими вдоль её спины, или замечаете, что ваша коллега перестала выпрямлять волосы, не просто подходите к ней с комплиментами или вопросами, можно ли потрогать , а по — настоящему цените это. |
In bringing such a future to life, what was important to us was that people could actually touch , see and feel its potential. |
Оживляя подобное будущее, для нас было важно, чтобы люди могли соприкоснуться и почувствовать его потенциал. |
Doomsayers predicted that nobody would touch the game that could be conquered by the machine, and they were wrong, proven wrong, but doomsaying has always been a popular pastime when it comes to technology. |
Пессимисты предрекали, что никто не захочет играть в игру, в которой победила машина, и оказались неправы, и это доказано, но мрачные предсказания в отношении технологий всегда были популярным времяпрепровождением. |
King Midas said, I want everything I touch to turn to gold,. |
Хочу, чтобы всё, к чему я прикоснусь, превращалось в золото. |
A child’s love for mom and dad grows through their touch , their gaze, their voice, their tenderness. |
Малыш любит и узнаёт папу и маму через их прикосновение, их взгляд, их голос, их нежность. |
On the outside you have protection, but on the inside you touch it. |
Которая защищает снаружи и приятна к телу изнутри. |
But once you realize that people — that this world was built by people no smarter than you, then you can reach out and touch those walls and even put your hand through them and realize that you have the power to change it. |
И когда однажды вы понимаете, что люди, что мир создан людьми не умнее вас, то вы готовы поднять руку и коснуться этой стены, и даже протянуть руку сквозь стену и осознать, что у вас есть сила этот мир изменить. |
We write off half the country as out-of-touch liberal elites or racist misogynist bullies. |
Мы списываем со счёта половину страны как мечтателей — либералов или женоненавистников — расистов. |
As a hunter-gatherer or even as a peasant, to survive, you need to be constantly in touch with your body and with your senses, every moment. |
Охотники — собиратели или даже крестьяне, чтобы выжить, нуждались в постоянной связи с собственным телом и своими чувствами в любой момент времени. |
In the last hundred years, people are losing their ability to be in touch with their body and their senses, to hear, to smell, to feel. |
Но в последние сто лет люди утрачивают способность быть на связи со своим телом и своими ощущениями: слухом, обонянием, осязанием. |
If you are back in touch with your body, you will feel much more at home in the world also. |
И если вы восстановите эту связь, то почувствуете себя и более уютно в мире. |
Watching these kids forced to drink water that I felt was too dirty to touch changed my perspective on the world. |
При виде детей, вынужденных пить настолько грязную на вид воду, что к ней не хотелось даже прикасаться, мой взгляд на мир поменялся. |
My neck was so stiff I couldn’t touch my chin to my chest, and the slightest sound — the rustling of the sheets, my husband walking barefoot in the next room — could cause excruciating pain. |
Шея одеревенела настолько, что я не могла наклонить голову, а малейшие звуки — шелест бумаги, звук шагов босых ног в соседней комнате — вызывали нестерпимую боль. |
On the other end of the spectrum, some were so sick they had to live in complete darkness, unable to tolerate the sound of a human voice or the touch of a loved one. |
Другие же болели так сильно, что вынуждены были жить в темноте, не выносили звук человеческого голоса или прикосновения близких. |
In fact, today, if you are middle class and connected via the internet, you can download stories at the touch of a button or the swipe of a screen. |
Сегодня любой человек среднего класса с доступом в интернет может скачать рассказ лишь одним нажатием кнопки или проведя пальцем по экрану. |
If you don’t know her, don’t even ask to touch her belly. |
Если вы её не знаете, даже не просите потрогать её живот. |
I was getting in touch with her to set up an interview on how she had it all — that phrase. |
Я с ней связывалась, чтобы назначить интервью о том, как она со всем справлялась, — вот эта фраза. |
And he said, The lighter your touch , the better you become at improving and enriching your performance. |
Он сказал: Чем ты мягче, тем лучше и полнее твоё исполнение. |
I got in touch with my soul. |
Я нашёл путь к свой душе. |
He didn’t touch the keyboard or the joystick. |
Он не притрагивался ни к клавиатуре, ни к джойстику. |
Now we shall touch the bottom of this swamp. |
Теперь мы зачерпнем грязи со дна всего этого болота. |
My deputies didn’t touch anything or do anything. |
Мои помощники ничего не трогали и ничего не делали. |
Kane wouldn’t let anything touch Cook County voter rolls. |
Кейн не позволил бы ничему касаться списков избирателей округа Кук. |
At least you didn’t shrink from my touch . |
По крайней мере ты не отпрянула при моем прикосновении. |
A fingertip touch set the cabin warmth control to normal. |
Одним лишь прикосновением пальца он установил нормальную температуру в кабине. |
His gentle touch , warm breath on her neck. |
Сара вспомнила нежные прикосновения Террела, его теплое дыхание. |
He looked at the garment, didn’t touch it. |
Он посмотрел на одежду, но не притронулся к ней. |
Perhaps I could touch the hem of your garment? |
Возможно я смог бы дотронуться до края вашего одеяния? |
We touch bowls, vases, desks and chairs. |
Мы трогаем миски, вазы, столы и стулья. |
The calibration of his hand touch receptors must be off. |
Калибровка сенсорных рецепторов руки, должно быть, выключена. |
The urgency of my thirst receded momentarily at his touch . |
От его прикосновения жажда мгновенно отступила на второй план. |
There’s a spell that affects sight and touch . |
Ты их скрываешь заклятьем, обманывающим зрение и осязание? |
And sickness and death could never touch you again. |
Ни болезни ни смерть не смогли бы прикоснуться к тебе. |
A shiver ran over her shoulders at his touch . |
От его прикосновения по ее плечам пробежала легкая дрожь. |
You don’t even let me touch your jewelry. |
Ты никогда не разрешала мне даже прикасаться к твоим украшениям |
I liked her touch , the way she kissed. |
Я прикасался к ней и целовал ее с большим наслаждением. |
I must touch him or kiss him no more. |
Я не должна более прикасаться к нему или целовать его! |
It closes up for days in response to human touch . |
Она закрывается на несколько дней в ответ на человеческое прикосновение. |
I touch things up a little in the studio sometimes or finish things. |
Иногда я подправляю некоторые вещи в студии или заканчиваю. |
I think the Internet and just being able to stay in touch with people who are far far away from me. |
Я думаю, что Интернет и возможность оставаться в контакте с людьми, которые находятся далеко — далеко от меня. |
I think it’s really brought, my family is all over the place and so it’s been nice to be able to keep in touch using the Internet. |
Я думаю, что это действительно привнесло… моя семья разбросана повсюду и бывает так приятно иметь возможность поддерживать связь с помощью Интернета. |
I never touch meat. |
Я никогда не прикасаюсь к мясу. |
On the face of it, what we do seems to be quite dangerous, but it doesn’t touch on what we do, we’re very very safety conscious, we work in movies and commercials where safety is paramount, I mean, everything we do is calculated, there’s no risk-taking. |
На первый взгляд, то, что мы делаем, кажется, весьма опасно, но это не касается того, что мы делаем, мы очень, очень соблюдаем безопасность, мы работаем в кино и рекламных роликах, где безопасность имеет первостепенное значение, я имею в виду, все, что мы делаем просчитано, нет никакого риска. |
Awareness of Touch scratched on the edges of my mind. |
Где — то в уголке мозга скреблось знание о Касании. |
He answered to every touch and thrill of the bow. |
Он отзывался на каждое прикосновение, на малейшую дрожь смычка… |
You already filter information from sound, smell, touch . |
Вы получали информацию от органов слуха, обоняния и осязания. |
See, hear, touch , smell and taste… |
Зрение, слух, осязание, запах и вкус! |
I won them back with a kiss, a touch . |
Я получила их с этим поцелуем, с этим контактом. |
The wall felt clammy and gelatinous to the touch . |
На ощупь стена была липкой и похожей на желе. |
Tease it and touch it but not a lot. |
Дразни ее, ласкай, но не слишком увлекайся. |
Art means happy and beautiful things that touch you. |
Искусство подразумевает радостные и красивые вещи, касающиеся тебя. |
It’s a touch of a feeling I get lately. |
Просто недавно до меня долетел отголосок какого — то ощущения. |
Highly intelligent, terrific communicator and a popular touch . |
Очень сообразительная, отличная передача информации и доходчивый подход. |
There is no writer can touch sir Walter Scott. |
Ни один писатель не сравнится с сэром Вальтером Скоттом. |
Feel free to explore, follow, watch, touch . |
Не стесняйтесь разведывать, следовать, наблюдать, прикасаться. |
Getting information out of hotels Requires a delicate touch . |
Получение информации в отеле требует тонкого подхода |
I cannot touch your things without a contract. |
Я не притронусь к вашему имуществу без подписанного договора. |
Maybe, it is something that we can feel and even touch but can not see. |
Возможно, это что — то, что мы можем прочувствовать и даже потрогать , но что — то, что мы не видим. |
What is another word for Touch?
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contact
feeling, manner
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affect
activity, regard
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hint
proposal, big
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tinge
big, small amount
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reach
arrival, make physical contact
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concern
regard, purpose
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move
action, handle
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adjoin
joining, near
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trace
amount, bit
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stir
action, affect
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feel
feeling, physical contact
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feeling
ability, physical contact
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shade
amount, big
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disturb
upset, have an effect on
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dash
amount, bit
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meet
joining, near
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communication
manner, contact
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handle
feeling, fondle
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dab
dash, bit
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refer
relate, words
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bit
amount, trace
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pinch
dash, amount
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involve
regard, purpose
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stroke
feeling, caress
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strike
action, effect
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suggestion
proposal, trace
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equal
compare with, same
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match
compare with, same
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spot
dash, tiny amount
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taste
dash, big
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join
joining, near
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impress
action, affect
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suspicion
big, small amount
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hit
activity, affect
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speck
dash, tiny amount
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border
joining, lean
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tap
impact, press
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style
knack, manner
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finger
fondle, make physical contact
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abut
joining, adjoin
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- feeling
- taste
- blow
- brush
- caress
- collision
- contingence
- crash
- cuddling
- embrace
- feel
- fondling
- graze
- grope
- handling
- hit
- hug
- impact
- junction
- kiss
- lick
- manipulation
- nudge
- palpation
- pat
- peck
- perception
- percussion
- petting
- push
- rub
- rubbing
- scratch
- shock
- stroking
- tap
- touching
- taction
- bit
- dash
- detail
- hint
- scent
- shade
- taste
- tinge
- trace
- whiff
- drop
- inkling
- intimation
- jot
- pinch
- smack
- smattering
- speck
- spot
- streak
- suggestion
- suspicion
- tincture
- small amount
- soupçon
- ability
- approach
- communication
- contact
- effect
- familiarity
- flair
- hand
- influence
- knack
- skill
- style
- talent
- technique
- understanding
- acquaintance
- adeptness
- adroitness
- art
- artistry
- awareness
- characteristic
- command
- deftness
- direction
- facility
- faculty
- finish
- handiwork
- mastery
- virtuosity
- way
- brush
- caress
- feel
- handle
- hit
- kiss
- lick
- pat
- reach
- rub
- strike
- stroke
- tap
- abut
- adjoin
- border
- communicate
- contact
- converge
- dab
- examine
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- glance
- graze
- grope
- inspect
- join
- line
- manipulate
- march
- massage
- meet
- neighbor
- osculate
- palm
- palpate
- partake
- paw
- percuss
- pet
- probe
- push
- scrutinize
- sip
- smooth
- suck
- sweep
- tag
- taste
- thumb
- tickle
- tip
- verge
- be in contact
- butt on
- come together
- feel up
- impinge upon
- lay a finger on
- manhandle
- toy with
- affect
- disturb
- excite
- grab
- impress
- influence
- inspire
- mark
- move
- stir
- strike
- stroke
- upset
- arouse
- carry
- melt
- quicken
- soften
- stimulate
- sway
- feel out
- get through to
- get to
- make an impression
- strike a chord
- tug at the heart
- affect
- consume
- eat
- handle
- involve
- concern
- drink
- interest
- use
- utilize
- be a party to
- bear on
- bear upon
- be associated with
- belong to
- center upon
- concern oneself with
- deal with
- get involved in
- partake of
- pertain to
- refer to
- cover
- go over
- mention
- discuss
- note
- treat
- allude to
- bring in
- deal with
- refer to
- speak of
- approach
- come to
- amount
- equal
- match
- meet
- parallel
- rival
- tie
- be a match for
- be in the same league
- be on a par
- come near
- come up to
- hold a candle to
- measure up
- partake of
- verge on
On this page you’ll find 418 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to touch, such as: communication, contact, feeling, taste, blow, and brush.
- lot
- whole
- ignorance
- impotence
- inability
- incapacity
- ineptitude
- lack
- weakness
- lot
- miss
- avoid
- disjoin
- divide
- separate
- shrink
- shy away
- neglect
- ignore
- neglect
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO TOUCH
- abut
- approximate
- be adjacent to
- border
- butt
- communicate
- connect
- join
- lie
- lie beside
- link
- neighbor
- touch
- verge
- accommodation
- allowance
- bite
- credit
- deposit
- down payment
- floater
- front money
- hike
- increase
- loan
- prepayment
- retainer
- rise
- score
- stake
- take
- touch
- accommodations
- allowances
- bites
- credits
- deposits
- down payments
- floaters
- front moneys
- hikes
- increases
- loans
- prepayments
- retainers
- rises
- scores
- stakes
- takes
- touches
- act on
- alter
- change
- disturb
- impinge
- impress
- induce
- influence
- inspire
- interest
- involve
- modify
- move
- overcome
- perturb
- prevail
- regard
- relate
- stir
- sway
- touch
- transform
- upset
- acts
- adopts
- aspire to
- assumes
- bluffs
- contrives
- counterfeits
- does a bit
- fakes
- feigns
- lies it on thick
- makes out like
- playacts
- puts on
- puts up a front
- shams
- simulates
- takes on
- affect
- alarm
- astonish
- astound
- bewilder
- blow away
- blow one’s mind
- bowl over
- daze
- dumbfound
- electrify
- flabbergast
- impress
- move
- perplex
- put one away
- shock
- stagger
- startle
- strike
- stun
- stupefy
- touch
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.