| impression | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed.; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ presence | the impression that something is present.; "he felt the presence of an evil force" |
| ~ effect | an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived).; "he just did it for effect" |
| ~ first blush | at the first glimpse or impression.; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" |
| ~ hunch, suspicion, intuition | an impression that something might be the case.; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. effect, impression | an outward appearance.; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| ~ figure | the impression produced by a person.; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" |
| ~ image | the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public.; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image" |
| ~ mark | the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember.; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" |
| ~ tout ensemble | a total impression or effect of something made up of individual parts. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. impression, mental picture, picture | a clear and telling mental image.; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind" |
| ~ image, mental image | an iconic mental representation.; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate" |
| n. (shape) | 4. depression, impression, imprint | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ dimple | a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin.; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
| ~ groove, channel | a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). |
| ~ dimple | any slight depression in a surface.; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" |
| ~ dip | a depression in an otherwise level surface.; "there was a dip in the road" |
| ~ incision, dent, prick, scratch, slit | a depression scratched or carved into a surface. |
| ~ droop, sag | a shape that sags.; "there was a sag in the chair seat" |
| ~ crinkle, wrinkle, crease, furrow, seam, line | a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface.; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" |
| ~ cranny, crevice, fissure, chap, crack | a long narrow depression in a surface. |
| n. (communication) | 5. impression, stamp | a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving.; "he put his stamp on the envelope" |
| ~ symbol | an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance. |
| ~ embossment, imprint | an impression produced by pressure or printing. |
| ~ seal | a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it).; "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" |
| n. (communication) | 6. impression, printing | all the copies of a work printed at one time.; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies" |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ edition | the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published. |
| ~ test copy, trial impression, proof | (printing) an impression made to check for errors. |
| ~ mackle | a printed impression that is blurred or doubled. |
| ~ printing process, printing | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. impression | (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster.; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay" |
| ~ imprint | a device produced by pressure on a surface. |
| ~ dental medicine, dentistry, odontology | the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth. |
| n. (act) | 8. impression | an impressionistic portrayal of a person.; "he did a funny impression of a politician" |
| ~ personation, portrayal, characterization, enactment | acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture. |
| n. (act) | 9. impression | the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another.; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax" |
| ~ pressing, pressure, press | the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure.; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" |
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