IMPRESSIONS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

impressions

noun

plural of impression

as in imprints

a perceptible trace left by pressure a shoe impression in the dirt that could lead police to the culprit

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as in thoughts

something imagined or pictured in the mind had a vague impression that the guide would be female

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Recent Examples of impressions What Zuckerberg hasn’t addressed directly, on the podcast or the earnings call, is whether agents will eat into the ad impressions that generate nearly all of Meta’s revenue today. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 These creators’ posts brought the company nearly 12 billion impressions on social media, Disney said. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The comedian’s become a regular on TikTok and Instagram scrolls for her character work — particularly impressions of her Italian father and German mother, the latter always in a black turtleneck, hair pulled back, glasses inexplicably atop her head. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 The spatial audio imaging places the varying effects around the area of my TV, though there aren’t any particularly extreme impressions like sounds swooping in from the sides or overhead. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Critics claim that members are either uninterested in doing their job or more focused on showboating and gaining social media impressions than legislating. — Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, Basquiat printed the same screen twice, moving it only a few millimeters between impressions. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 That information may include negative impressions of the judge or concerns raised in the past by the commission, along with how well the judge addressed them. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 If impressions are flat or growing while clicks decline, the auction is still healthy. — Gaetano Romeo, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The plates feature debased imprints of the same signature shapes, creating a dialogue with the glasses.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
People have always looked for errant glimmers of the dead in the world around them, but now the past runs parallel to — imprints upon, and circles around — the present to a degree that can severely confuse the relationship between the two.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of imprints

Noun

This is the ability to reframe thoughts and physical signs that could be interpreted as anxiety in a less threatening way.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
This is music pulled clingwrap-tight, close to tearing, around dozens of little thoughts.

— Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of thoughts

Noun

With its orange boxes and quirky prints, Hermès could be seen as whimsical, but it was usually associated with uptight parents and grandparents.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Neither Safdie nor Lasry was sure how many films were on the finished prints, or even which ones.

— Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of prints

Noun

Western traditions of symmetry and notions of linear time are upended.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
That is followed by one focused on exploring conventional notions of beauty by uncovering the unexpected draw of unpleasant scents with Naïla Hamayed, Givaudan’s fragrance evaluator.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of notions

Noun

When teams stay genuinely curious and learn to challenge ideas without challenging people, disagreement becomes a tool for better thinking and can actually strengthen trust.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Santoyo supports meeting regularly with students and the community to exchange ideas and concerns.

— Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideas

Noun

In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
And there was a photographer who seemed to be taking an endless number of pictures.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

No accident that the likes of Lisa Yuskavage, Sasha Gordon, and Mulligan are regularly invoked in accounts of cringe-adjacent concepts like abjection, disturbance, disquiet.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Last year, Royal Palm underwent a $100 million renovation by new owner Park Hotels and Resorts, updating all guest rooms, adding new dining concepts, and restoring key architectural features.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of concepts

Noun

Many young adults who started families in the past twenty years were raised this way, which shaped their own conceptions of how to rear children.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Whether destruction or technological progress, both are purposeful activities, each with different conceptions of success or failure.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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