Impact
Impact verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life
Impress and impact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impress" instead the word "Impact" as a verb or a noun.
Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| people | impact people | impress people |
| characters | impact characters | impress characters |
| father | impact father | impress father |
| anyone | impact anyone | impress anyone |
| Other words: everyone. | ||
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