'affect' definitions:
Definition of 'affect'
From: WordNet
noun
The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
verb
Have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch]
verb
Act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
verb
Connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard]
verb
Make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble]
verb
Synonyms of 'affect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- act a part,
- act like,
- act on,
- act upon,
- actuate,
- adopt,
- affect,
- affection,
- affectivity,
- agitate,
- alter,
- answer to,
- appertain to,
- apply to,
- assume,
- attack,
- attitude,
- be dressed in,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- belong to,
- bend,
- betoken,
- bias,
- bluff,
- borrow,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- call for,
- carry,
- change,
- choose,
- chorus,
- color,
- come home to,
- comprise,
- concentrate on,
- concern,
- connect,
- contain,
- copy,
- correspond to,
- counterfeit,
- cover up,
- crib,
- dangle,
- deal with,
- demonstrate,
- develop,
- disclose,
- display,
- dispose,
- dissemble,
- dissimulate,
- ditto,
- divulge,
- do,
- do a bit,
- do like,
- dramatize,
- draw,
- drive,
- echo,
- embody,
- emotion,
- emotional charge,
- emotional shade,
- emotivity,
- enact,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- experience,
- expose to view,
- express,
- fake,
- feeling,
- feeling tone,
- feign,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- focus on,
- foreboding,
- forge,
- four-flush,
- gammon,
- get,
- give sign,
- give token,
- go deep,
- go like,
- go through one,
- grieve,
- gut reaction,
- hang out,
- haunt,
- have connection with,
- have on,
- heartthrob,
- highlight,
- histrionize,
- hit,
- hit the mark,
- hoke,
- hoke up,
- illuminate,
- imitate,
- impel,
- implicate,
- imply,
- impress,
- impress forcibly,
- impression,
- incarnate,
- incline,
- indicate,
- induce,
- influence,
- inspire,
- interest,
- involve,
- lay hold of,
- lead,
- lead to,
- let on,
- let on like,
- liaise with,
- link with,
- make a pretense,
- make an impression,
- make as if,
- make believe,
- make clear,
- make like,
- make out like,
- make plain,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- melt,
- melt the heart,
- mental attitude,
- mirror,
- modify,
- move,
- operate on,
- opinion,
- overact,
- parade,
- passion,
- penetrate,
- perform,
- persuade,
- pertain to,
- perturb,
- pierce,
- plagiarize,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a scene,
- play possum,
- playact,
- position,
- posture,
- predispose,
- present,
- presentiment,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- pretend,
- pretend to,
- produce,
- profess,
- profound sense,
- prompt,
- psychology,
- put on,
- put on airs,
- reach,
- reaction,
- reecho,
- refer to,
- reflect,
- regard,
- relate to,
- repeat,
- represent,
- require,
- resort,
- respect,
- response,
- reveal,
- rock,
- roll out,
- sadden,
- select,
- sensation,
- sense,
- sentiment,
- set forth,
- sham,
- show,
- show forth,
- simulate,
- sink in,
- smart,
- smite,
- soften,
- soften up,
- sport,
- spotlight,
- stance,
- sting,
- stir,
- strike,
- strike hard,
- strike home,
- subsume,
- sway,
- take,
- take in,
- tell,
- tie in with,
- tinge,
- token,
- tone,
- touch,
- touch a chord,
- touch upon,
- transform,
- traumatize,
- treat,
- treat of,
- trot out,
- trouble,
- tug the heartstrings,
- undercurrent,
- unfold,
- upset,
- use,
- wave,
- way of thinking,
- wear,
- wear down,
- weigh with,
- work