Synonyms for affect
əˈfɛkt; ˈæf ɛktaf·fect

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1. affect

   The distinctive idea of assume is to take by one's own independent volition, whether well or ill, rightfully or wrongfully. One may accept an obligation or assume an authority that properly belongs to him, or he may assume an obligation or indebtedness that could not be required of him. He may assume authority or office that is his right; if he assumes what does not belong to him, he is said to arrogate or usurp it. A man may usurp the substance of power in the most unpretending way; what he arrogates to himself he assumes with a haughty and overbearing manner. One assumes the robes or insignia of office by putting them on, with or without right. If he takes to himself the credit and appearance of qualities he does not possess, he is said to affect or feign, or to pretend to, the character he thus assumes. What a debater postulates he openly states and takes for granted without proof; what he assumes he may take for granted without mention. A favorite trick of the sophist is quietly to assume as true what would at once be challenged if expressly stated. What a man claims he asserts his right to take; what he assumes he takes.

   Synonyms:
   accept, appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim, feign, postulate, presume, pretend, put on, take, usurp

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1. affect

   Synonyms:
   like, desire, favor, seek, assume, move, influence, concern, interest, feign, pretend

   Antonyms:
   dislike, eschew, shun, repel, repudiate

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1. affectverb

   the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

2. affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touchverb

   have an effect upon

   "Will the new rules affect me?"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, dissemble, stir, rival, contact, involve, fix, pertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, carry on, tinge, refer, strike, meet, move, bushel, uphold, advert, sham, restore, tint, relate, touch on, equal, preserve, tinct, bear on, impress, repair, allude, regard, match, bear upon, pretend, come to, have-to doe with, push, furbish up, feign, reach, partake, extend to, disturb, doctor

3. affectverb

   act physically on; have an effect upon

   "the medicine affects my heart rate"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, involve, touch on, move, strike, touch, bear upon, feign, regard, impress, impact, bear on, sham, dissemble

4. involve, affect, regardverb

   connect closely and often incriminatingly

   "This new ruling affects your business"

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, call for, impress, touch, involve, see, consider, strike, dissemble, sham, take, move, reckon, touch on, imply, pretend, require, necessitate, postulate, demand, impact, ask, bear on, regard, view, need, feign

5. feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissembleverb

   make believe with the intent to deceive

   "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, make believe, mask, touch, cloak, touch on, strike, dissemble, move, assume, involve, pretend, venture, simulate, impress, hazard, feign, act, impact, sham, guess, profess, bear on, regard, make

6. affect, impress, move, strikeverb

   have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

   "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

   Synonyms:
   touch, chance upon, dissemble, incite, act, expunge, move, motivate, strickle, imprint, attain, be active, come upon, chance on, propel, impress, impact, take, fall upon, strike, involve, shanghai, ingrain, assume, displace, make a motion, excise, collide with, coin, yarn-dye, fall, proceed, walk out, impinge on, go, sham, run into, scratch, shine, hit, prompt, regard, touch on, take up, bear on, locomote, mint, instill, travel, happen upon, bear upon, pretend, come to, run, print, feign, actuate, light upon, come across, discover

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Concern
   • Misrepresent

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1. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   influence, act upon, work upon

2. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   concern, interest, regard, relate to, bear upon

3. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   touch, move, impress, melt, subdue, overcome, pierce

4. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   crave, yearn for, aspire to, aim at

5. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   assume, feign, arrogate, put on, make a show of, pretend to

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1. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   act upon, move, touch, influence, melt, concern, bear upon, interest, dispose, turn, incline

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1. List of paraphrases for "affect":

   influence, impact, affects, allocate, affected, affecting, touch, impair, effects, prejudice, undermine, afflict, effect, assign, alter, implications, concern, harm, jeopardize, interfere, influencing, impacts, earmark

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1. Sarah Hayford:

   People’s experience of the pandemic was really bifurcated, and that can affect people’s decisions around having children, people who lost jobs, people who had to keep working even though they didn’t want to, people in high-risk professions may have experienced that as a very stressful and unstable time.

2. Masayoshi Yamamoto:

   We believe this action by the regulator will not affect our mining license or operation of Caserones mine.

3. Robert Redfield:

   It is not known how the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures may affect the circulation of viruses that can cause AFM, or if COVID-19 will impact the health care system's ability to promptly recognize and respond to AFM, if social distancing measures decrease circulation of enteroviruses this year, AFM cases may be fewer than expected or the outbreak may be delayed.

4. Joshua Cohen:

   While impact monitors can be used as a guide to indicate potential risk and improve training and evaluation techniques, experts stress that these new technologies can not diagnose a concussion. None of [ it ] takes into account what actually happens inside the brain because of those hits or the duration of time that that hit happens, all which will affect the likelihood of getting a concussion and will determine how severe the concussion could be.

5. Tom Timko:

   We do not expect this decision to have an impact on our Venezuelan or South American operating results, nor do we believe it will affect our 2015 free cash flows.