What are some opposite words for touch?
Antonyms for touch
tʌtʃtouch
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touch, touchingnoun
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"
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous sensesnoun
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
"only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
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jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouch, trace, ghostnoun
a suggestion of some quality
"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
Synonyms:
ghostwriter, jot, wraith, cutaneous senses, shade, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, specter, shadow, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, tincture, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, vestige, spectre, spook, mite, tinge, ghost, tracing, spot, tactile sensation, contact, suggestiontouch, signaturenoun
a distinguishing style
"this room needs a woman's touch"
Synonyms:
jot, theme song, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, key signature, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, signature tune, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouch, touchingnoun
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
"at his touch the room filled with lights"
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun
a slight but appreciable amount
"this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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hint, touch sensation, signature, intimation, mite, jot, wind, spot, apprehension, corpuscle, sense of touch, exigency, cutaneous senses, suggestion, confidential information, lead, arrest, touch modality, tactile sensation, tinge, soupcon, ghost, pinch, speck, touching, particle, clue, taking into custody, steer, undertone, tactual sensation, skin senses, jotting, molecule, atom, pinpoint, collar, emergency, tweak, breath, feeling, contact, catch, trace, tip, motecontact, touchnoun
a communicative interaction
"the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"
Synonyms:
jot, soupcon, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, touch modality, tangency, touching, hint, physical contact, ghost, sense of touch, skin senses, striking, inter-group communication, liaison, trace, feeling, pinch, contact lens, link, impinging, mite, middleman, tinge, tactual sensation, speck, spot, tactile sensation, contact, signaturetouch, spotnoun
a slight attack of illness
"he has a touch of rheumatism"
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hint, slur, signature, berth, mite, blot, ghost, place, spot, jot, sense of touch, billet, cutaneous senses, dapple, touch modality, post, tactile sensation, tinge, spotlight, soupcon, topographic point, point, speck, position, smear, bit, touching, fleck, tactual sensation, skin senses, speckle, maculation, daub, touch sensation, smudge, pinch, feeling, contact, smirch, situation, office, trace, stain, pip, patchtouchnoun
the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
"he watched the beggar trying to make a touch"
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jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feelingnoun
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
Synonyms:
hint, tactility, signature, mite, skin senses, ghost, flavour, spot, jot, sense of touch, cutaneous senses, touch modality, trace, tactile sensation, tinge, skin perceptiveness, soupcon, impression, touch sensation, speck, touching, opinion, belief, spirit, tactual sensation, tone, feel, smell, pinch, feeling, notion, contact, intuitive feeling, touch perception, flavor, looktouchnoun
deftness in handling matters
"he has a master's touch"
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouchverb
the feel of mechanical action
"this piano has a wonderful touch"
Synonyms:
jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contacttouchverb
make physical contact with, come in contact with
"Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concerntouchverb
perceive via the tactile sense
"Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concerntouch, stirverb
affect emotionally
"A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
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adjoin, shake up, excite, evoke, have-to doe with, put forward, rival, shake, pertain, agitate, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, conjure, stimulate, arouse, bring up, invoke, conjure up, affect, budge, raise, relate, call down, touch on, equal, bear upon, tinct, bear on, call forth, allude, shift, reach, contact, come to, advert, partake, extend to, disturb, tintrefer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe withverb
be relevant to
"There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
Synonyms:
adjoin, resuscitate, equal, associate, doctor, have-to doe with, cite, rival, hit, consult, fix, pertain, appertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, worry, link, refer, strike, meet, reach, repair, connect, bushel, stir, bring up, uphold, tinge, look up, affect, occupy, restore, name, relate, touch on, interrelate, preserve, tinct, bear on, partake, allude, bear upon, mention, colligate, contact, match, tie in, come to, advert, push, furbish up, denote, carry on, revive, extend to, interest, disturb, link up, tinttouch, adjoin, meet, contactverb
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"
Synonyms:
adjoin, conform to, butt against, come across, butt, foregather, rival, fulfil, fulfill, pertain, satisfy, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, have-to doe with, abut, edge, get hold of, converge, get together, run across, receive, border, forgather, fit, encounter, get through, butt on, affect, gather, take on, run into, cope with, fill, play, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, suffer, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, come to, advert, march, assemble, partake, extend to, see, disturb, tintaffect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touchverb
have an effect upon
"Will the new rules affect me?"
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adjoin, dissemble, stir, rival, contact, involve, fix, pertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, carry on, tinge, refer, strike, meet, move, bushel, uphold, advert, affect, 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, doctortouchverb
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"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concerntouchverb
cause to be in brief contact with
"He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concernreach, extend to, touchverb
to extend as far as
"The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"
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adjoin, strive, disturb, progress to, rival, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, pertain, match, tinct, concern, reach, stir, tinge, refer, meet, get hold of, make, get to, gain, impact, give, affect, achieve, pass, relate, touch on, equal, advert, reach out, bear on, allude, bear upon, turn over, accomplish, contact, come to, have-to doe with, strain, partake, extend to, get through, tint, handequal, touch, rival, matchverb
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"
Synonyms:
adjoin, pit, have-to doe with, rival, play off, pertain, couple, match, concern, fit, stir, tinge, refer, meet, equalize, twin, agree, be, gibe, oppose, tally, equalise, affect, pair, jibe, cope with, equate, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, correspond, come to, advert, impact, partake, extend to, mate, disturb, tint, checktouch, disturbverb
tamper with
"Don't touch my CDs!"
Synonyms:
adjoin, shake up, have-to doe with, raise up, interrupt, rival, commove, pertain, agitate, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, affect, trouble, relate, touch on, equal, tinct, bear on, upset, allude, bear upon, reach, contact, come to, advert, vex, partake, extend to, stir up, disturb, tintallude, touch, advertverb
make a more or less disguised reference to
"He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
Synonyms:
adjoin, give ear, have-to doe with, cite, rival, pertain, match, concern, impact, pay heed, tinge, refer, meet, bring up, touch on, affect, name, relate, stir, equal, tinct, bear on, allude, bear upon, mention, attend, reach, hang, contact, come to, advert, partake, extend to, disturb, tinttouchverb
comprehend
"He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, partake, meet, touch on, affect, equal, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concernpartake, touchverb
consume
"She didn't touch her food all night"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, partake in, tint, tinge, reach, disturb, have-to doe with, share, meet, touch on, affect, equal, partake, stir, match, allude, come to, relate, advert, rival, refer, impact, pertain, tinct, adjoin, bear on, contact, concerntint, tinct, tinge, touchverb
color lightly
"her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
Synonyms:
bear upon, extend to, relate, tinct, disturb, reach, affect, impact, have-to doe with, partake, meet, stir, tint, equal, color, match, colour, come to, distort, advert, rival, refer, allude, tinge, pertain, touch on, adjoin, bear on, contact, concern
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
touchnoun
Synonyms:
touching, contact, contiguity, juxtaposition, osculation, tangency, taction, tact, palpation, dash, sprinkling, soupçon, infusion, animadversion, censure, stricture, reflection, slurAssociated words:
tactile, tactility, tactual, palpable, impalpable, palpability, impalpabilitytouchverb
How to use touch in a sentence?
Even the mightiest oak can fall by a gentle touch
Given Trump's failed response to this pandemic, how he's tanked the economy, and how he's out of touch with reality, that's the only way they can win, but we will fight back against their un-democratic Senate GOP tactics, either through litigation or our on-the-ground voter protection infrastructure, to do every thing we can to make sure every single eligible voter can exercise their constitutional right to make their voice heard.
The events that have transpired in episodes 4 through 6 are concrete and canon, and no one can touch those, they are totally untouchable, so( we were told) if you guys want to create content for episodes 4 through 6, you have to do a retelling of those iconic moments.
We are aware of the deaths of two Russian citizens. We are in touch with the relatives of these people and the police department of the city where it happened. We will provide the relatives of the deceased with all the necessary assistance in paperwork.
We have to pay no attention to the people who we hear whining about don't touch my program, we don't care about that. You know why? Because you come first and they come dead last. People that get in the way of progress come dead last in my career and in my life, the people we're gonna lift are the people who go to work every day and play by the rules.
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