Impact and Result

Impact

Impact noun - A forceful consequence; a strong effect.

Usage example: the book had an important impact on my thinking

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Result and impact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Result" instead a noun "Impact".

Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless

Result noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Impact and result are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impact" instead a noun "Result".

Nearby Words: resultant, resulting, resulted

better	better impact	better result
similar	similar impact	similar result
natural	natural impact	natural result
direct	direct impact	direct result
Other adjectives: positive, initial, true, actual, real, big, potential, major, immediate, final, apparent, negative, further, different, overall.

thanks	impact thanks	result thanks
environment	impact environment	result environment
characters	impact characters	result characters
anyone	impact anyone	result anyone
Other words: shots, walls, shields.

It is possible for a disproportionate response to an impact to result from involuntary muscle spasms, in the same way that an electric shock can "knock you over".

Source: Blown Across the Room
The paradox was that they wanted to list a British city for impact but retain scientific accuracy, and that was the narmy result.

Source: Aliens in Cardiff
The result would be a person with great historical impact, like, for instance, William Shakespeare...

Source: Our Spirits Are Different

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Result and Impact. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impact/result

Impact & Result. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/impact/result>.

Result or Impact. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/impact/result.

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