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touching
Overview of noun touching
The noun touching has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. touch, touching -- (the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air")
2. touch, touching -- (the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights")
Overview of verb touch
The verb touch has 15 senses (first 13 from tagged texts)
1. (33) touch -- (make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband")
2. (5) touch -- (perceive via the tactile sense; "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her")
3. (4) touch, stir -- (affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy")
4. (3) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
5. (3) touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")
6. (3) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?")
7. (2) touch -- (deal with; usually used with a form of negation; "I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole"; "The local Mafia won't touch gambling")
8. (2) touch -- (cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks")
9. (1) reach, extend to, touch -- (to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall")
10. (1) equal, touch, rival, match -- (be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents")
11. (1) touch, disturb -- (tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!")
12. (1) allude, touch, advert -- (make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it")
13. (1) touch -- (comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem")
14. partake, touch -- (consume; "She didn't touch her food all night")
15. tint, tinct, tinge, touch -- (color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November")
Overview of adj touching
The adj touching has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) affecting, poignant, touching -- (arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun touching
2 senses of touching
Sense 1
touch, touching
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
touch, touching
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun touching
2 senses of touching
Sense 1
touch, touching
=> brush, light touch
=> stroke
Sense 2
touch, touching
=> contact, physical contact
=> tap, pat, dab
=> hit, hitting, striking
=> dig, jab
=> kiss
=> kiss, buss, osculation
=> catch, grab, snatch, snap
=> handling, manipulation
=> fingering
=> grope
=> palpation, tactual exploration
=> tickle, tickling, titillation
=> stroke, stroking
=> tag
=> lick, lap
=> grazing, shaving, skimming
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun touching
2 senses of touching
Sense 1
touch, touching
=> contact, impinging, striking
Sense 2
touch, touching
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
Antonyms of noun touching
Member Holonyms of noun touching
Substance Holonyms of noun touching
Part Holonyms of noun touching
Member Meronyms of noun touching
Substance Meronyms of noun touching
Part Meronyms of noun touching
Meronyms of noun touching
Holonyms of noun touching
Attributes of noun touching
Derived Forms of noun touching
2 senses of touching
Sense 1
touch, touching
RELATED TO>(verb) touch#2
=> touch
Sense 2
touch, touching
RELATED TO>(verb) touch#1
=> touch
Domain of noun touching
Domain Terms of noun touching
Familiarity of noun touching
touching used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun touching
2 senses of touching
Sense 1
touch, touching
> contact, impinging, striking
=> collision, hit
=> engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
=> flick
=> impact
=> touch, touching
Sense 2
touch, touching
> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> acquiring, getting
=> causing, causation
=> delivery, obstetrical delivery
=> departure, going, going away, leaving
=> derring-do
=> discovery, find, uncovering
=> disposal, disposition
=> hit
=> implementation, effectuation
=> egress, egression, emergence
=> equalization, equalisation, leveling
=> exhumation, disinterment, digging up
=> mitzvah, mitsvah
=> propulsion, actuation
=> rally, rallying
=> recovery, retrieval
=> running away
=> stunt
=> touch, touching
=> tour de force
Meronyms of noun touching
2 senses of touching
Holonyms of noun touching
Grep of noun touching
touching
Antonyms of verb touch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb touch
15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
Also See> touch down#1
Sense 2
touch
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 3
touch, stir
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 7
touch
=> manage, deal, care, handle
=> control, command
Sense 8
touch
=> touch
Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
=> be
Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
=> hint, suggest
=> convey, impart
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 13
touch
=> understand
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 15
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb touch
9 of 15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
=> engage
=> touch
=> toe
=> pick up
=> strike, hit
=> finger, thumb
=> feel
=> palpate, feel
=> handle, palm
=> caress
=> hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
=> brush
=> skim over, skim
=> hit
=> strike
=> kiss, buss, osculate
=> kiss
=> mouth
=> press
=> tag
Sense 3
touch, stir
=> get
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
=> focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center
=> apply, hold, go for
=> involve, affect, regard
=> matter to, interest
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
=> cover, spread over
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> surround, skirt, border
=> lean on, rest on, lean against
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> strike a blow
=> repercuss
=> tell on
=> redound
=> stimulate, excite
=> process, treat
=> hydrolize, hydrolise
=> tinge, color, colour, distort
=> queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
=> hit, strike
=> subject
=> trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
=> influence, act upon, work
=> slam-dunk
Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
=> reach into
Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> upset
=> violate
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> receive
Sense 15
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
=> henna
=> tincture
=> complexion
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb touch
15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
Also See> touch down#1
Sense 2
touch
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 3
touch, stir
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 7
touch
=> manage, deal, care, handle
Sense 8
touch
=> touch
Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
=> be
Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
=> hint, suggest
Sense 13
touch
=> understand
Sense 14
partake, touch
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Sense 15
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
'Cause To' of verb touch
Derived Forms of verb touch
5 of 15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#1
=> touch, touching
RELATED TO>(noun) toucher#1
=> toucher
RELATED TO>(noun) touching#2
=> touch, touching
Sense 2
touch
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#10
=> touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#2
=> touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#1
=> touch, touching
RELATED TO>(noun) touching#1
=> touch, touching
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#1
=> touch, touching
Sense 8
touch
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#5
=> touch, touching
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#1
=> touch, touching
RELATED TO>(noun) toucher#1
=> toucher
Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
RELATED TO>(noun) touch#1
=> touch, touching
Domain of verb touch
Domain Terms of verb touch
Familiarity of verb touch
touch used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =15)
Sample Sentences of verb touch
15 senses of touch
Sense 1
touch
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
touch
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
touch, stir
EX: The bad news will touch him
EX: The performance is likely to touch Sue
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
EX: Our properties touch at this point
EX: His fields touch mine at this point
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
touch
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
touch
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Something ----s something
Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
touch, disturb
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 13
touch
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
partake, touch
EX: They touch more bread
Sense 15
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb touch
12 of 15 senses of touch
Sense 2
touch
> perceive, comprehend
=> feel, sense
=> apperceive
=> pick up, receive
=> divine
=> hallucinate
=> misperceive
=> catch, pick up
=> dream
=> hurt, ache, suffer
=> smell
=> touch
=> see
=> sight
=> hear
=> listen
=> taste
=> find
=> see through
Sense 3
touch, stir
> affect, impress, move, strike
=> infect
=> surprise
=> impress, ingrain, instill
=> awaken
=> engrave
=> strike dumb
=> zap
=> jar
=> hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note
=> smite
=> cloud
=> pierce
=> impress
=> sweep away, sweep off
=> disturb, upset, trouble
=> touch, stir
=> move
=> sadden
=> alienate
Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 7
touch
> manage, deal, care, handle
=> administer, administrate
=> organize, organise
=> work
=> come to grips, get to grips
=> dispose of
=> take care, mind
=> coordinate
=> juggle
=> process
=> mismanage, mishandle, misconduct
=> direct
=> conduct, carry on, deal
=> touch
Sense 8
touch
> touch
=> engage
=> touch
=> toe
=> pick up
=> strike, hit
=> finger, thumb
=> feel
=> palpate, feel
=> handle, palm
=> caress
=> hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
=> brush
=> skim over, skim
=> hit
=> strike
=> kiss, buss, osculate
=> kiss
=> mouth
=> press
=> tag
Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
> compete, vie, contend
=> try for, go for
=> play
=> run off
=> race, run
=> rival
=> emulate
=> equal, touch, rival, match
Sense 11
touch, disturb
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
> hint, suggest
=> intimate, adumbrate, insinuate
=> clue in
=> allude, touch, advert
Sense 13
touch
> understand
=> grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
=> sense
=> follow
=> catch, get
=> touch
=> understand, read, interpret, translate
=> read
=> interpret, construe, see
=> make out
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> penetrate, fathom, bottom
Sense 14
partake, touch
> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
=> hit
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> use, habituate
=> eat
=> eat
=> drink, imbibe
=> drink, booze, fuddle
=> partake, touch
=> feed, eat
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> sample, try, try out, taste
=> take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> smoke
=> drug, do drugs
=> swallow, get down
=> sup
Sense 15
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> blackwash
=> motley, parti-color
=> polychrome, polychromize, polychromise
=> azure
=> purple, empurple, purpurate
=> aurify
=> verdigris
=> pinkify
=> incarnadine
=> embrown
=> handcolor, handcolour
=> tint, tinct, tinge, touch
=> pigment
=> imbue, hue
=> retouch
=> silver
=> grey, gray
=> tone
=> redden
=> mottle, streak, blotch
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb touch
Sense 4
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
Sense 12
allude, touch, advert
=> hint, suggest
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Sense 1
touch
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Sense 2
touch
=> perceive, comprehend
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Sense 3
touch, stir
=> affect, impress, move, strike
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Sense 5
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
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Sense 6
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 7
touch
=> manage, deal, care, handle
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Sense 8
touch
=> touch
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Sense 9
reach, extend to, touch
=> be
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Sense 10
equal, touch, rival, match
=> compete, vie, contend
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Sense 11
touch, disturb
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 13
touch
=> understand
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Sense 14
partake, touch
=> consume, ingest, take in, take, have
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Sense 15
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
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Grep of verb touch
get in touch
retouch
touch
touch-type
touch a chord
touch base
touch down
touch off
touch on
touch up
Antonyms of adj touching
1 sense of touching
Sense 1
affecting, poignant, touching
INDIRECT (VIA moving) -> unmoving
Similarity of adj touching
1 sense of touching
Sense 1
affecting, poignant, touching
=> moving (vs. unmoving)
Pertainyms of adj touching
Attributes of adj touching
Domain of adj touching
Domain Terms of adj touching
Familiarity of adj touching
touching used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj touching
touching
Grep of adv touching
touchingly
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