Another word for touch
touch
n.
The tactile sense
feeling, touching, feel, perception, tactility, taction.
Contact
rub, stroke, pat, petting, fondling, rubbing, stroking, licking, handling, graze, scratch, brush, taste, nudge, kiss, peck, embrace, hug, cuddling, caress.
*The act of borrowing
A sensation
sense, impression, apprehension, impact, pressure; see also feeling 2.
Skill
knack*, technique, finish; see ability 2, method 2, talent 1.
A trace
suggestion, scent, inkling; see bit 1.
in contact, attuned, acquainted, in close communication, within reach; see also familiar with, in contact with 2 at contact.
not in communication, estranged, out of reach.
naive, inexperienced, uninformed;
touch
v.
To be in contact
stroke, graze, rub, pat, pet, nudge, thumb, finger, paw, lick, taste, brush, kiss, glance, sweep, caress, fondle, smooth, massage, sip, partake; see also feel 1.
To come into contact with
meet, encounter, arrive at, reach, get to, come to, attain, stop at, call at, visit.
To relate to
involve, refer to, bear on, pertain to, regard, affect, belong to, be associated with, center upon; see also concern 1.
To tinge
*To borrow from
get from, obtain from, beg from; see borrow 1.
To discuss
To affect emotionally
move, stir, affect, impress; see move 3. See syn. study at affect.
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Another word for touch
To bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation:
feel, finger, handle, palpate. See touchTo bring into or make contact with:
contact. See touchTo be contiguous or next to:
abut, adjoin, border, bound2, butt2, join, meet1, neighbor, verge. See nearTo be equal or alike:
compare, correspond, equal, match, measure up, parallel. (Informal) stack up. See sameTo call or direct attention to something.
On or upon: advert, bring up, mention, point, point out, refer. See wordsTo evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from:
affect1, get (to), impress, move, strike. See touch
To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise:
blast, blow1 (up), burst, detonate, explode, fire, fulminate, go off. See explosionTo be the cause of:
bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect), give rise to. See startTo stir to action or feeling:
egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, trigger, work up. See cause, excite
An act of touching:
feeling, palpation. See touchA coming together so as to be touching:
contact, contingence. See touchThe faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation:
feel, feeling, tactility. See touchA particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact:
feel, feeling. See touchA slight amount or indication:
breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, trace, whiff, whisper. (Informal) whisker. See big, showA situation allowing exchange of ideas or messages:
communication, contact, intercommunication. See connect, touch
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