Impress
Proceed
Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.
Impress and proceed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Impress" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Common collocations
| guy | impress guy | proceed guy |
| characters | impress characters | proceed characters |
| world | impress world | proceed world |
| boss | impress boss | proceed boss |
| Other words: women. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- What an Idiot: Marcus, there are saner ways to impress girls than walking into the alien mist... Unsuspectingly Soused: R2 and Marcus find some old wine in the abandoned cottage and proceed to taste it.
Source: Webcomic / Between Two Worlds -
In the episode "Clean Shaven Man," Popeye and Bluto spend the entire episode fighting to get a shave and a haircut, to impress Olive Oyl— only to see her walking off with Geezil, who has a waist-length beard; so they proceed to take turns kicking each other in the rear.
Source: Literal Ass Kicking
Cite this Source
Proceed and Impress. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impress/proceed
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