touch - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of putting two things together with no space between them

Synonyms

• touch
• touching

More generic

• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity

More specific

• buss
• catch
• contact
• dab
• dig
• fingering
• grab
• grazing
• grope
• handling
• hit
• hitting
• jab
• kiss
• lap
• lick
• manipulation
• osculation
• palpation
• pat
• physical contact
• shaving
• skimming
• snap
• snatch
• striking
• stroke
• stroking
• tactual exploration
• tag
• tap
• tickle
• tickling
• titillation

Noun

a distinguishing style

Synonyms

• signature
• touch

More generic

• fashion
• manner
• mode
• style
• way

More specific

• common touch

Noun

the feel of mechanical action

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• feel
• tactile property

Noun

deftness in handling matters

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• adeptness
• adroitness
• deftness
• facility
• quickness

More specific

• capstone
• copestone
• finishing touch

Noun

the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)

Synonyms

• cutaneous senses
• sense of touch
• skin senses
• touch
• touch modality

More generic

• exteroception
• somatosense

Related

• somaesthesia
• somaesthesis
• somataesthesis
• somatesthesia
• somatic sense
• somatic sensory system
• somatosensory system
• somesthesia
• somesthesis

Noun

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

Synonyms

• feeling
• tactile sensation
• tactual sensation
• touch
• touch sensation

More generic

• perception

More specific

• creepiness
• cutaneous sensation
• haptic sensation
• skin sensation

Noun

a suggestion of some quality

Synonyms

• ghost
• touch
• trace

More generic

• proffer
• proposition
• suggestion

Noun

the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• solicitation

Noun

a communicative interaction

Synonyms

• contact
• touch

More generic

• communicating
• communication

Noun

the event of something coming in contact with the body

Synonyms

• touch
• touching

More generic

• contact
• impinging
• striking

More specific

• brush
• light touch
• stroke

Noun

a slight but appreciable amount

Synonyms

• hint
• jot
• mite
• pinch
• soupcon
• speck
• tinge
• touch

More generic

• small indefinite amount
• small indefinite quantity

More specific

• snuff

Noun

a slight attack of illness

Synonyms

• spot
• touch

More generic

• attack

Verb

have an effect upon

Synonyms

• affect
• bear on
• bear upon
• impact
• touch
• touch on

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• act upon
• bother
• color
• colour
• discommode
• disoblige
• distort
• endanger
• excite
• expose
• hit
• hydrolise
• hydrolize
• incommode
• inconvenience
• influence
• peril
• process
• put out
• queer
• redound
• repercuss
• scupper
• slam-dunk
• stimulate
• strike
• strike a blow
• subject
• tell on
• tinge
• treat
• trouble
• work

Verb

color lightly

Synonyms

• tinct
• tinge
• tint
• touch

More generic

• color
• color in
• colorise
• colorize
• colour
• colour in
• colourise
• colourize

More specific

• complexion
• henna
• tincture

Verb

comprehend

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• understand

Verb

make a more or less disguised reference to

Synonyms

• advert
• allude
• touch

More generic

• hint
• suggest

Related

• denote
• refer

Related

• bear on
• come to
• concern
• have to do with
• pertain
• refer
• relate
• touch
• touch on

Verb

consume

Synonyms

• partake
• touch

More generic

• consume
• have
• ingest
• take
• take in

More specific

• receive

Verb

be in direct physical contact with; make contact

Synonyms

• adjoin
• contact
• meet
• touch

More specific

• abut
• adhere
• adjoin
• attach
• border
• butt
• butt against
• butt on
• chafe
• cleave
• cling
• cohere
• cover
• edge
• environ
• fray
• fret
• hug
• lean against
• lean on
• march
• rest on
• ring
• rub
• scratch
• skirt
• spread over
• stick
• surround

Related

• converge
• meet

Verb

make physical contact with, come in contact with

Synonyms

• touch

More specific

• brush
• buss
• collide with
• engage
• feel
• finger
• handle
• hit
• impinge on
• kiss
• mouth
• osculate
• palm
• palpate
• pick up
• press
• run into
• skim
• skim over
• snog
• strike
• stroke
• tag
• thumb
• toe
• touch

Also See

• touch down

Verb

cause to be in brief contact with

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• touch

Verb

tamper with

Synonyms

• disturb
• touch

More generic

• alter
• change
• modify

More specific

• upset
• violate

Verb

affect emotionally

Synonyms

• stir
• touch

More generic

• affect
• impress
• move
• strike

More specific

• get

Verb

perceive via the tactile sense

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• comprehend
• perceive

Verb

deal with; usually used with a form of negation

Synonyms

• touch

More generic

• care
• deal
• handle
• manage

Verb

be equal to in quality or ability

Synonyms

• equal
• match
• rival
• touch

More generic

• compete
• contend
• vie

Related

• equal
• equalise
• equalize
• equate
• match

Verb

be relevant to

Synonyms

• bear on
• come to
• concern
• have to do with
• pertain
• refer
• relate
• touch
• touch on

More specific

• affect
• apply
• center
• center on
• concentrate on
• focus on
• go for
• hold
• interest
• involve
• matter to
• regard
• revolve about
• revolve around

Related

• advert
• allude
• touch

Verb

to extend as far as

Synonyms

• extend to
• reach
• touch

More generic

• be

More specific

• reach into

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