Word

impression, n.
(impressions)
freq. cnt. 21

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 62 freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 6

belief feeling impression notion opinion

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

feel

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impressionistic

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

believe

semantic pointers

hypernym

idea, thought

hyponym

presence effect first blush suspicion, hunch, intuition

an outward appearance
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6

effect impression

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

impressionistic

semantic pointers

hypernym

appearance, visual aspect

hyponym

figure image mark tout ensemble

a clear and telling mental image
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

impression mental picture picture

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

picture

semantic pointers

hypernym

image, mental image

the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
<noun.act>

impression