Affect Synonyms

Embrace , act on, agitate, counterfeit, adopt, and assume are synonyms for affect; be unaffected, be indifferent to, unaffecting and unmoving are antonyms of affect. On this page, you will find 107 another word for affect.

107 Another Word for Affect

1. influence

  • Act on
  • Alter
  • Attack
  • Change
  • Condition
  • Control
  • Decide
  • Determine
  • Exert influence on
  • Form
  • Govern
  • Guide
  • Have an effect on
  • Have an impact on
  • Hit
  • Impact on
  • Infect
  • Influence
  • Modify
  • Shape
  • Strike at
  • Strike
  • Sway
  • Take hold of
  • Touch
  • Transform
  • Work on
  • Bias

2. upset

  • Agitate
  • Agonizing
  • Bowl over
  • Damage
  • Devastate
  • Distress
  • Distressing
  • Disturb
  • Disturbing
  • Emotional
  • Emotive
  • Faze
  • Get to
  • Grieve
  • Harrowing
  • Heart-rending
  • Heart-warming
  • Heartbreaking
  • Hit hard
  • Hurt
  • Impressive
  • Knock back
  • Knock for six
  • Make an impression on
  • Move
  • Moving
  • Overwhelm
  • Pain
  • Painful
  • Pathetic
  • Perturb
  • Piteous
  • Pitiful
  • Plaintive
  • Poignant
  • Powerful
  • Sad
  • Sadden
  • Saddening
  • Shake up
  • Shake
  • Soul-stirring
  • Stir
  • Stirring
  • Tear-jerking
  • Telling
  • Throw
  • Touch
  • Touching
  • Tragic
  • Trouble
  • Tug at someone's heartstrings
  • Uplifting
  • Upset
  • Upsetting
  • Haunting

3. pretend

  • Counterfeit
  • Fabricate
  • Fake
  • Feign
  • Give the appearance of
  • Go through the motions of
  • Make a pretence of
  • Make a show of
  • Play at
  • Pretend
  • Put on
  • Sham
  • Simulate
  • Make like

4. assume

  • Adopt
  • Assume
  • Embrace
  • Have a liking for
  • Like
  • Put on
  • Take on
  • Espouse

Affect Sentences

His words deeply affect her mood.

The changes affect everyone at work.

Stress can affect your mental health.

Weather patterns affect crop growth yearly.