Hit
Hit verb - Cause to experience suddenly.
Usage example: An interesting idea hit her
Nearby Word: hitting
Impress
Impress verb - Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
Usage example: This child impressed me as unusually mature
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Eddie Murphy, primarily known as an actor and comedian, had a big hit in 1985 with "Party All the Time", but his musical career otherwise failed to impress.
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The two eldest fail to impress the ladies, but the youngest wears his carpet as a trendy outfit and is an immediate hit.
Source: Rule of Three - On top of this, Binky hits Arthur to impress his Jerk Ass friends and it has nothing to do with punishing Arthur, but Arthur hit D.W.
Source: Broken Aesop / Western Animation
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Impress and Hit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hit/impress
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