Synonyms for touch
tʌtʃtouch

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1. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   handle, reach, feel, arrive at, affect, impress, move

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1. 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, contact

2. touch, 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"

   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, contact

3. touch, 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, suggestion

4. touch, 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, contact

5. touch, 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, contact

6. touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupconnoun

   a slight but appreciable amount

   "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

   Synonyms:
   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, mote

7. contact, 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, signature

8. touch, spotnoun

   a slight attack of illness

   "he has a touch of rheumatism"

   Synonyms:
   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, patch

9. touchnoun

   the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)

   "he watched the beggar trying to make a 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, contact

10. touch, 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, look

11. touchnoun

    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, contact

12. touchverb

    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, contact

13. touchverb

    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, concern

14. touchverb

    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, concern

15. touch, stirverb

    affect emotionally

    "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

    Synonyms:
    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, tint

16. refer, 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, tint

17. touch, 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, tint

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

    have an effect upon

    "Will the new rules affect me?"

    Synonyms:
    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, doctor

19. touchverb

    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, concern

20. touchverb

    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, concern

21. reach, extend to, touchverb

    to extend as far as

    "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

    Synonyms:
    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, hand

22. equal, 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, check

23. touch, 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, tint

24. allude, 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, tint

25. touchverb

    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, concern

26. partake, 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, concern

27. tint, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Adeptness
   • Attack
   • Change
   • Color
   • Communication
   • Compete
   • Consume
   • Contact
   • Hint
   • Manage
   • Manner
   • Move
   • Perceive
   • Small Indefinite Quantity
   • Solicitation
   • Suggestion
   • Touch
   • Understand

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1. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   hit (lightly), strike against

2. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   meet, be contiguous to, abut on

3. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   graze, come in contact with (in passing over)

4. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   reach, come to, arrive at, attain to

5. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate (lightly), sketch, mark out, touch off

6. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   handle, feel, feel of, meddle with, interfere with

7. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   concern, regard, relate to, refer to, pertain to, appertain to, belong to, bear upon, have to do with

8. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   affect, move, impress, melt, work upon, come home to

9. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   meet, hit, be contiguous, be in contact, abut on one another

10. touchnoun

    Synonyms:
    contact

11. touchnoun

    Synonyms:
    feeling, tact, sense of feeling

12. touchnoun

    Synonyms:
    stroke (with a pen, &c., or on a musical instrument)

13. touchnoun

    Synonyms:
    tinge, tincture, cast, smack, taste, savor, flavor, spice, dash, sprinkling, seasoning, infusion, little, small quantity

14. touchnoun

    Synonyms:
    [Rare.] test, criterion, touchstone, proof, assay, ordeal

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1. touchnoun

   Synonyms:
   touching, contact, contiguity, juxtaposition, osculation, tangency, taction, tact, palpation, dash, sprinkling, soupçon, infusion, animadversion, censure, stricture, reflection, slur

   Associated words:
   tactile, tactility, tactual, palpable, impalpable, palpability, impalpability

2. touchverb

   Synonyms:
   meet, impinge, graze

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1. List of paraphrases for "touch":

   contact, touching, tactile, touche, affects, touches, affect, toque, touchscreen, touch-a, hit, press, tact, reach, touched, curfew, receive, liaison, ignition

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How to use touch in a sentence?

1. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker:

   I’ve been in touch with officials for updates and to direct any available resources we can, as we learn more, please follow the guidance of all local authorities.

2. Jody Thompson:

   The candle exploded and emitted huge flames with bits flying everywhere, i've never seen anything like it. The whole thing was ablaze, and it was too hot to touch. There was an inferno in the room.

3. Joel Salinas:

   Because of mirror-touch, my brain categorizes you and me as the same person and tries to recreate your experience based on the situation and my own past experiences.

4. An EU spokesman:

   The (European) Commission is in touch with the German competent authorities on this particular case.

5. Will Straw:

   These out of touch remarks from the Leave campaign's biggest donor show they simply do not care about the damaging consequences for people's jobs, family finances and Britain's economy.