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Synonyms for striking
ˈstraɪ kɪŋstrik·ing
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
striking
Synonyms:
impressive, affecting, admirable, wonderful, surprising,
Princeton's WordNet
contact, impinging, strikingnoun
the physical coming together of two or more things
"contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
Synonyms:
link, touch, liaison, impinging, physical contact, inter-group communication, tangency, hit, contact, middleman, contact lens, hittingAntonyms:
unimpressive, inconspicuous, invisiblehit, hitting, strikingadjective
the act of contacting one thing with another
"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
Synonyms:
collision, impinging, strike, bang, smash, hit, contact, hitting, smasherAntonyms:
inconspicuous, invisible, unimpressivedramatic, spectacular, strikingadjective
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
"a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
Synonyms:
salient, spectacular, outstanding, dramatic, prominentAntonyms:
inconspicuous, unimpressive, invisibleoutstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, strikingadjective
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
"an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
Synonyms:
salient(ip), large, prominent, owing(p), dramatic, spectacular, great, salient, outstanding, undischarged, bigAntonyms:
invisible, inconspicuous, unimpressive
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
strikingadjective
Synonyms:
affecting, impressive, surprising, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, STUNNING
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
strikingadjective
Synonyms:
impressive, noticeable, astonishing, surprising, forcible
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "striking":
surprising, impressive, remarkable, astonishing, hitting, eye-catching, glaring, stunning, hit, amazing, notable, astounding, blatant, staggering, conspicuous, shocking, startling, dramatic, prominent, flagrant, vivid, noticeable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#69 | contact | |
#209 | great | |
#282 | link | |
#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#1551 | hit | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2767 | wonderful | |
#2928 | amazing | |
#3490 | outstanding | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4051 | bang | |
#5921 | spectacular | |
#6716 | impressive | |
#6916 | dramatic | |
#7014 | affecting | |
#7025 | stunning | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#8513 | prominent | |
#8845 | hitting | |
#8853 | striking | |
#9457 | surprising | |
#10011 | notable | |
#10032 | liaison | |
#10810 | vivid | |
#11052 | collision | |
#13346 | smash | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#17974 | noticeable | |
#20016 | astonishing | |
#20961 | staggering | |
#25270 | startling | |
#26001 | astounding | |
#26101 | blatant | |
#26176 | conspicuous | |
#28158 | salient | |
#28267 | admirable | |
#34115 | glaring | |
#52215 | middleman | |
#52223 | flagrant | |
#96831 | smasher | |
#102741 | impinging | |
#152573 | tangency | |
#229576 | undischarged |
How to use striking in a sentence?
Not only are our results highly statistically significant, you also want to look at whether the effects are meaningful, in our case, we saw a 20 to 40 percent difference between those who didn’t eat fast food and the high consumers, which we also found was striking. This is after accounting for differences in age, sex, ethnicity, household income and BMI.
Working parents might only have a few hours with a kid at night -- and forget seeing friends, we wanted to balance all of these things and imagine a place where we could all come together. It's striking a chord with a lot of people.
An agent observed the individual fail to comply with the verbal commands and aim what was determined to be a 20-gauge shotgun at him, the agent discharged his service-issued M-4, striking the individual, who died at the scene.
Officer Fayaz was able to break free, at which time the male fired, striking him in the head, as (the suspect) flees, he continues to fire towards both the officer and his brother-in-law.
We saw something striking happen the next morning on the The House floor, republicans who knew John Dingell, and are friends with Debbie Dingell, went up to her on the floor and were very apologetic for the President, hugging her, embracing her, including Louie Gohmert, who is one of President Trump's number one attack dogs in the The House, apologizing for the President. It's a reminder that even though this partisan rancor has hit a fever pitch in Washington amid all the impeachment, there is some decency, still, in the halls of Congress.
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