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Detailed Synonyms for affect in English

affect:

to affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)

  1. to affect
    to influence; to affect; to impress
    • influence verb (influences, influenced, influencing)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • impress verb (impresses, impressed, impressing)
  2. to affect
    to concern; to regard; to affect; to touch
    • concern verb (concerns, concerned, concerning)
    • regard verb (regards, regarded, regarding)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • touch verb (touches, touched, touching)
  3. to affect
    to concern; to regard; to affect; relate to; to touch
    • concern verb (concerns, concerned, concerning)
    • regard verb (regards, regarded, regarding)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • relate to verb
    • touch verb (touches, touched, touching)
  4. to affect
    to hit; to strike; to touch; to affect; to move; to concern
    • hit verb (hits, hit, hitting)
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
    • touch verb (touches, touched, touching)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • move verb (moves, moved, moving)
    • concern verb (concerns, concerned, concerning)
  5. to affect
    to concern; to affect; to touch
    • concern verb (concerns, concerned, concerning)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • touch verb (touches, touched, touching)
  6. to affect
    – have an effect upon 1
    to affect
    – have an effect upon 1
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
      • Will the new rules affect me?1
  7. to affect
    – have an effect upon 1
    to affect; impact; to touch; bear on; touch on; bear upon
    – have an effect upon 1
  8. to affect
    – act physically on; have an effect upon 1
    to affect
    – act physically on; have an effect upon 1
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
      • the medicine affects my heart rate1
  9. to affect
    – make believe with the intent to deceive 1
    to affect; to pretend; to sham; to feign; to dissemble
    – make believe with the intent to deceive 1
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • pretend verb (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • sham verb (shams, shammed, shamming)
      • He shammed a headache1
    • feign verb (feigns, feigned, feigning)
      • He feigned that he was ill1
    • dissemble verb (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
  10. to affect
    – have an emotional or cognitive impact upon 1
    to affect; to strike; to move; to impress
    – have an emotional or cognitive impact upon 1
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
    • strike verb (strikes, struck, striking)
      • This behavior struck me as odd1
    • move verb (moves, moved, moving)
    • impress verb (impresses, impressed, impressing)
      • This child impressed me as unusually mature1
  11. to affect
    – connect closely and often incriminatingly 1
    to regard; to involve; to affect
    – connect closely and often incriminatingly 1
    • regard verb (regards, regarded, regarding)
    • involve verb (involves, involved, involving)
    • affect verb (affects, affected, affecting)
      • This new ruling affects your business1

Conjugations for affect:

present
  1. affect
  2. affect
  3. affects
  4. affect
  5. affect
  6. affect
simple past
  1. affected
  2. affected
  3. affected
  4. affected
  5. affected
  6. affected
present perfect
  1. have affected
  2. have affected
  3. has affected
  4. have affected
  5. have affected
  6. have affected
past continuous
  1. was affecting
  2. were affecting
  3. was affecting
  4. were affecting
  5. were affecting
  6. were affecting
future
  1. shall affect
  2. will affect
  3. will affect
  4. shall affect
  5. will affect
  6. will affect
continuous present
  1. am affecting
  2. are affecting
  3. is affecting
  4. are affecting
  5. are affecting
  6. are affecting
subjunctive
  1. be affected
  2. be affected
  3. be affected
  4. be affected
  5. be affected
  6. be affected
diverse
  1. affect!
  2. let's affect!
  3. affected
  4. affecting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

affect [the ~] noun

  1. the affect
    – the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion 1
    the affect
    – the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion 1

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Alternate Synonyms for "affect":


Related Definitions for "affect":

  1. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion1
  2. act physically on; have an effect upon1
    • the medicine affects my heart rate1
  3. have an effect upon1
    • Will the new rules affect me?1
  4. make believe with the intent to deceive1
  5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon1
  6. connect closely and often incriminatingly1
    • This new ruling affects your business1