impression

impression is a 10-letter English word with 18 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
2. noun. That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
3. noun. That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.
4. noun. Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.
5. noun. An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
6. noun. Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
7. noun. The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time.
8. noun. In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
9. noun. A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
10. noun. the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another

    "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"

11. noun. an impressionistic portrayal of a person

    "he did a funny impression of a politician"

12. noun. (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster

    "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"

13. noun. an outward appearance

    "he made a good impression"

    "I wanted to create an impression of success"

    Synonyms: effect

14. noun. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

    "his impression of her was favorable"

    "what are your feelings about the crisis?"

    Synonyms: belief, feeling, notion, opinion

15. noun. a clear and telling mental image

    "he described his mental picture of his assailant"

    "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"

    Synonyms: picture

16. noun. all the copies of a work printed at one time

    "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

    Synonyms: printing

17. noun. a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

    "he put his stamp on the envelope"

    Synonyms: stamp

18. noun. a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

    "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

    Synonyms: depression, imprint

Synonyms

effect, belief, feeling, notion, opinion, picture, printing, stamp, depression, imprint

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in impression:

permission

Common word forms

impressions, impressional, impressionable, impressionless

Words from these letters

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