| Noun | 1. | impression - a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "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"idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" presence - the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force" effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect" first blush - at the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" hunch, suspicion, intuition - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" | |
| 2. | impression - an outward appearance; "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"figure - the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" mark - the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember; "it was in London that he made his mark"; "he left an indelible mark on the American theater" tout ensemble - a total impression or effect of something made up of individual parts | |
| 3. | impression - a clear and telling mental image; "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"image, mental image - an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate" | |
| 4. | impression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" dip - a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road" droop, sag - a shape that sags; "there was a sag in the chair seat" | |
| 5. | impression - a symbol that is the result of printing; "he put his stamp on the envelope"symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance revenue stamp - a stamp that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid seal - a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal" | |
| 6. | impression - all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution edition - the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published mackle - a printed impression that is blurred or doubled | |
| 7. | impression - (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"imprint - a device produced by pressure on a surface | |
| 8. | impression - an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" | |
| 9. | impression - the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"pressing, pressure, press - the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" | |