Synonyms for impress
ɪmˈprɛs; ˈɪm prɛsim·press

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1. impressverb

   Synonyms:
   print, confiscate, make an impression, sequester, impound, stamp, pressgang, imprint, seize

2. impressverb

   The act of impressing

   You impressed me with your command of Urdu.

   Synonyms:
   pressgang, stamp, sequester, confiscate, make an impression, seize, print, imprint, impound

3. impressverb

   An impression, and impressed image or copy of something

   That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.

   Synonyms:
   imprint, print, sequester, impound, make an impression, pressgang, stamp, seize, confiscate

4. impressverb

   A stamp or seal used to make an impression

   We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.

   Synonyms:
   stamp, impound, pressgang, sequester, confiscate, imprint, print, make an impression, seize

5. impressverb

   An impression on the mind, imagination etc.

   The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.

   Synonyms:
   print, seize, impound, make an impression, pressgang, stamp, confiscate, sequester, imprint

6. impressverb

   To seize or confiscate (property) by force

   The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.

   Synonyms:
   impound, pressgang, sequester, imprint, make an impression, stamp, print, confiscate, seize

7. impressverb

   To make an impression, to be impressive

   Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.

   Synonyms:
   sequester, imprint, impound, make an impression, stamp, pressgang, seize, print, confiscate

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1. impressnoun

   Synonyms:
   imprint, print, device, motto, impression, stamp

2. impressverb

   Synonyms:
   stamp, print, imprint, inculcate, fix deeply

   Antonyms:
   learn, be impressed, be studious, be mindful

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. impress, impressmentverb

   the act of coercing someone into government service

   Synonyms:
   impressment

2. 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, affect, strickle, imprint, attain, be active, come upon, chance on, propel, 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

3. impressverb

   impress positively

   "The young chess player impressed her audience"

   Synonyms:
   imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print

4. impress, ingrain, instillverb

   produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

   "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"

   Synonyms:
   instill, yarn-dye, impregnate, instil, strike, imprint, inculcate, ingrain, tincture, affect, print, move, shanghai, grain, transfuse, infuse

5. impress, imprintverb

   mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

   "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"

   Synonyms:
   imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print, form

6. print, impressverb

   reproduce by printing

   Synonyms:
   imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, publish, affect, yarn-dye, print

7. shanghai, impressverb

   take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

   "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

   Synonyms:
   imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print

8. impress, yarn-dyeverb

   dye (fabric) before it is spun

   Synonyms:
   imprint, move, ingrain, instill, shanghai, strike, affect, yarn-dye, print

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. impressverb

   Synonyms:
   stamp, print, imprint, mark by pressure

2. impressverb

   Synonyms:
   inculcate, fix deeply

3. impressverb

   Synonyms:
   press, force into public service

4. impressnoun

   Synonyms:
   print, imprint, stamp, impression, mark, seal

5. impressnoun

   Synonyms:
   device (as upon a seal), motto, cognizance, symbol, emblem

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1. Chris Janson:

   There is no other woman that I have eyes for, that's why when you see me walk into a room, I keep my head high, but I always keep my eyes low. It's just the important thing that I do. I want to impress that upon my kids. My kids will go down in history knowing that their dad had eyes for one chick.

2. Marie Curie:

   I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.

3. Mark S. Hertzog:

   There are authors who write to communicate, there are authors who write to impress themselves.

4. Patrick Cantlay:

   Even if you have 98 percent of the 10,000 people in the gallery pulling for you, the other 200 can cause problems, if those people have had enough to drink or feel emboldened enough to say something because they want to impress the girl they’re standing next to, then, yeah, like, you’re in trouble.

5. Bryanna Reid:

   I hate to tell things in which I don't belive to impress people who are not on my mind so that they see my false image.