English dictionary

impress

/I/m'pr/E/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

verb.emotion

Examples
This child impressed me as unusually mature.

Synonyms affect move strike

Source: WordNet 3.0
impress positively

verb.emotion

Examples
The young chess player impressed her audience.

Source: WordNet 3.0
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

verb.cognition

Synonyms ingrain instill

Source: WordNet 3.0
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

verb.contact

Examples
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax.

Synonyms imprint

Source: WordNet 3.0
reproduce by printing

verb.creation

Synonyms print

Source: WordNet 3.0
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

verb.contact

Synonyms shanghai

Source: WordNet 3.0
dye (fabric) before it is spun

verb.change

Synonyms yarn-dye

Source: WordNet 3.0
To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

verb

Source: webster1913
To be impressed; to rest.

verb

Source: webster1913