" touched "

1: as in off, loopy;

•  Synonyms : 

•  dotty,

•  fey,

•  loopy,

•  off,

•  potty,

•  teched,

•  bats,

•  batty,

•  bonkers,

•  brainsick,

•  certifiable,

•  cracked,

•  crackers,

•  crazed,

•  crazy,

•  daft,

•  demented,

•  deranged,

•  haywire,

•  insane,

•  loco,

•  mad,

•  maniacal,

•  mental,

•  non compos mentis,

•  nuts,

•  nutty,

•  psycho,

•  psychotic,

•  unbalanced,

•  unhinged,

•  unsound,

•  wud,

•  aberrant,

•  delirious,

•  delusional,

•  delusionary,

•  disordered,

•  disturbed,

•  eccentric,

•  odd,

•  oddball,

•  pixilated,

•  queer,

•  strange,

•  foolish,

•  senseless,

•  witless,

•  irrational,

•  unreasonable,

•  amok,

•  ape,

•  ballistic,

•  bananas,

•  berserk,

•  nuclear,

•  depressed,

•  distracted,

•  distraught,

•  frantic,

•  frenzied,

•  hysterical,

•  raving,

•  wigged-out,

•  fixated,

•  monomaniac,

•  monomaniacal,

•  obsessed

•  Antonyms : 

•  balanced,

•  compos mentis,

•  sane,

•  sound,

•  uncrazy,

•  clear,

•  lucid,

•  rational,

•  reasonable,

•  judicious,

•  sensible,

•  wise,

•  healthy,

•  normal,

•  well-adjusted,

•  unneurotic

1: to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin;

  * e.g., " ... be careful not to touch this pan—it's still hot "

•  Synonyms : 

•  felt

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;

  * e.g., " ... your speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply "

•  Synonyms : 

•  affected,

•  impacted,

•  impressed,

•  influenced,

•  moved,

•  reached,

•  struck,

•  swayed,

•  told (on)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable;

  * e.g., " ... unfortunately, his insufferable arrogance tends to touch even the good deeds that he does "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blemished,

•  darkened,

•  marred,

•  poisoned,

•  spoiled,

•  stained,

•  tainted,

•  tarnished,

•  vitiated

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin;

  * e.g., " ... be careful not to touch this pan—it's still hot "

•  Synonyms : 

•  feel

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;

  * e.g., " ... your speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply "

•  Synonyms : 

•  affect,

•  impact,

•  impress,

•  influence,

•  move,

•  reach,

•  strike,

•  sway,

•  tell (on)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable;

  * e.g., " ... unfortunately, his insufferable arrogance tends to touch even the good deeds that he does "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blemish,

•  darken,

•  mar,

•  poison,

•  spoil,

•  stain,

•  taint,

•  tarnish,

•  vitiate

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to come very close to being;

  * e.g., " ... that behavior touches on insanity "

•  Synonyms : 

•  border (on),

•  trench (on),

•  verge (on)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically;

  * e.g., " ... I do want to briefly touch upon the medieval view of the world before talking about Gothic architecture "

•  Synonyms : 

•  advert (to),

•  cite,

•  drop,

•  instance,

•  mention,

•  name,

•  note,

•  notice,

•  quote,

•  refer (to),

•  specify

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in noted, glanced (upon);

•  Synonyms : 

•  adverted (to),

•  alluded (to),

•  cited,

•  glanced (upon),

•  instanced,

•  mentioned,

•  named,

•  noted,

•  noticed,

•  quoted,

•  specified,

•  appertained (to),

•  bore (on or upon),

•  referred (to),

•  related (to),

•  offered,

•  presented,

•  concerned,

•  covered,

•  dealt (with),

•  pertained (to),

•  treated (of),

•  contained,

•  embraced,

•  encompassed,

•  entailed,

•  included,

•  incorporated

•  Antonyms : 

•  excluded,

•  omitted,

•  disregarded,

•  forgot,

•  ignored,

•  neglected,

•  overlooked,

•  overpassed,

•  passed over,

•  slighted,

•  slurred (over),

•  brushed (aside or off),

•  rejected,

•  shrugged off

1: as in perfected, polished;

•  Synonyms : 

•  perfected,

•  polished,

•  edited,

•  redrafted,

•  revamped,

•  revised,

•  reworked,

•  copyedited,

•  read,

•  subbed,

•  subedited,

•  reedited,

•  amended,

•  annotated,

•  corrected,

•  emended,

•  rectified,

•  fact-checked,

•  anthologized,

•  collected,

•  compiled,

•  got out,

•  issued,

•  printed,

•  published,

•  abridged,

•  blue-penciled,

•  redacted,

•  red-penciled,

•  engrossed,

•  recopied

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: as in flicked;

•  Synonyms : 

•  flicked,

•  cut,

•  blackjacked,

•  caned,

•  clubbed,

•  cudgeled,

•  fustigated,

•  knouted,

•  quirted,

•  strapped,

•  pistol-whipped,

•  birched,

•  cowhided,

•  flagellated,

•  flailed,

•  flogged,

•  hided,

•  horsewhipped,

•  lashed,

•  leathered,

•  rawhided,

•  scourged,

•  slashed,

•  switched,

•  tanned,

•  thrashed,

•  whaled,

•  whipped,

•  banged,

•  bopped,

•  boxed,

•  busted,

•  clapped,

•  clipped,

•  clobbered,

•  clouted,

•  cracked,

•  cuffed,

•  hit,

•  knocked,

•  lammed,

•  pasted,

•  punched,

•  slapped,

•  slugged,

•  smacked,

•  smote,

•  socked,

•  spanked,

•  swatted,

•  swiped,

•  thwacked,

•  walloped,

•  whacked,

•  bashed,

•  basted,

•  batted,

•  battered,

•  beat,

•  belabored,

•  belted,

•  bludgeoned,

•  buffeted,

•  bunged,

•  drubbed,

•  fibbed,

•  hammered,

•  laced,

•  lambasted,

•  lathered,

•  licked,

•  mangled,

•  mauled,

•  paddled,

•  pelted,

•  pommeled,

•  pounded,

•  pummeled,

•  roughed,

•  slated,

•  slogged,

•  threshed,

•  thumped,

•  tromped,

•  whopped,

•  whupped,

•  worked over

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to come to rest after descending from the air;

  * e.g., " ... the plane will touch down in about 30 minutes "

•  Synonyms : 

•  alighted,

•  landed,

•  lit,

•  perched,

•  roosted,

•  settled

•  Antonyms : 

•  blasted off,

•  took off

1: to cause to function;

  * e.g., " ... his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts "

•  Synonyms : 

•  activated,

•  actuated,

•  cranked (up),

•  drove,

•  moved,

•  ran,

•  set off,

•  sparked,

•  started,

•  triggered,

•  turned on

•  Antonyms : 

•  cut,

•  cut out,

•  deactivated,

•  killed,

•  shut off,

•  turned off

1: an immaterial thing upon which something else rests;

  * e.g., " ... the firm belief that complete trust between partners is the base of any successful marriage "

•  Synonyms : 

•  basis,

•  bedrock,

•  bottom,

•  cornerstone,

•  footing,

•  foundation,

•  ground,

•  groundwork,

•  keystone,

•  root,

•  underpinning,

•  warp,

•  warp and woof

•  Antonyms : 

•  head,

•  top,

•  vertex

2: a place from which an advance (as for military operations) is made;

  * e.g., " ... the army's base of attack was kept top secret until the battle began "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bridgehead,

•  foothold

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest;

  * e.g., " ... the base of the industry is California's Silicon Valley "

•  Synonyms : 

•  axis,

•  capital,

•  center,

•  central,

•  core,

•  cynosure,

•  epicenter,

•  eye,

•  focus,

•  ground zero,

•  heart,

•  hub,

•  locus,

•  mecca,

•  navel,

•  nerve center,

•  nexus,

•  nucleus,

•  omphalos,

•  seat

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)