impress: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 11 letter points · starts with I · ends with S
Meaning of impress
verb
- transitive
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone).
Example: You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
- intransitive, transitive
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably; to inspire admiration from (someone). To make an impression; to be impressive; to arouse interest or favor.
Example: Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.
- transitive
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure.
Example: We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.
- transitive
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure; to apply (something) using pressure. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
Example: He impressed his signature into the wax.
Listed forms: impresses, impressing, impressed.
Source: Wiktionary — impress.
noun
The act of impressing.
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
Listed forms: impresses.
Source: Wiktionary — impress.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for impress.
noun
the act of coercing someone into government service
verb
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
verb
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
verb
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is impress in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of impress
I(1) + M(3) + P(3) + R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of impress
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from impress
101 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in impress. Showing up to 24, longest first.