/ Thesaurus / I Synonyms of impressed Find synonyms for: Verb1. affect, impress, move, strikeusage: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"2. impress, affect, impress, move, strikeusage: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"3. impress, ingrain, instill, affect, impress, move, strikeusage: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"4. impress, imprint, change surfaceusage: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik, you impress a design with wax"5. print, impress, writeusage: reproduce by printing6. shanghai, impress, kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatchusage: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"7. impress, yarn-dye, dyeusage: dye (fabric) before it is spunAdjective1. impressed(predicate), affected (vs. unaffected)usage: deeply or markedly affected or influencedWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: heifer Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language