Affect

Verb

 * 1)  To influence or alter.
 * 2)  To move to emotion.
 * 3)  Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
 * 4)  To aim for, to try to obtain.
 * 5)  To feel affection for; to like, be fond of.
 * 6)  To make a false display of.

Noun

 * 1)  Emotion.
 * 2)  External display of emotion or mood.

Adverbs for Affect
gravely; materially; profoundly; visibly; powerfully; indirectly; strongly; detrimentally; vexatiously; adversely; vitally; poignantly; deeply; fundamentally; frequently; primarily; invariably; seriously; painfully; considerably; appreciably; enormously; variously; pleasantly; sensibly; injuriously; intimately; definitely; undoubtedly; differently; unconsciously; peculiarly.

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

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"{fEkt/}}

Synonyms

 * fake, simulate
 * alter, change, have an effect on, have an impact on, influence
 * move, touch
 * attack

Derived terms

 * affectingly
 * affected
 * affectedly
 * affectedness
 * affectation
 * flat affect
 * labile affect

Related terms

 * affecter
 * affective
 * affection
 * affectionate