Synonyms for striking
ˈstraɪ kɪŋstrik·ing

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1. striking

   Synonyms:
   impressive, affecting, admirable, wonderful, surprising,

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1. 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, hitting

   Antonyms:
   unimpressive, inconspicuous, invisible

2. hit, 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, smasher

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, invisible, unimpressive

3. dramatic, 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, prominent

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, unimpressive, invisible

4. outstanding, 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, big

   Antonyms:
   invisible, inconspicuous, unimpressive

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1. • Happening

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1. strikingadjective

   Synonyms:
   affecting, impressive, surprising, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, STUNNING

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1. strikingadjective

   Synonyms:
   impressive, noticeable, astonishing, surprising, forcible

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1. 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

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How to use striking in a sentence?

1. Robert Sumwalt:

   This idea of something striking the train, that's one of the many things we are looking at right now.

2. Athena Athena:

   Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.

3. Simon Fisher:

   It gives us our first glimpse of how genes might contribute to this particularly striking aspect of the anatomy of our species.

4. Fox Nation:

   Now, listen, unless it's got crime scene tape around it, I'm not concerned, but it's just striking to me that when her daughter, two-year-old Caylee, was found wrapped in a blanket with duct tape all around her mouth and nose on her skull, which was by then skeletonized, wrapped in a blanket and in a trash bag -- a few houses down from the Anthony home in a swampy area behind a school, Tot mom Casey Anthony insisted at trial that her daughter had actually drowned.

5. Jennifer Teege:

   That I chose Israel ... that I missed the flight and stayed -- this makes my story more striking, destiny.