Definition of touch

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• touch is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• touch is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• touch is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of touch

• a distinguishing style (noun)

  Examples

  1. this room needs a woman's touch

  Synonyms

  1. signature
• make a more or less disguised reference to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. advert
  2. allude
• consume (verb)

  Examples

  1. She didn't touch her food all night

  Synonyms

  1. partake
• the event of something coming in contact with the body (noun)

  Examples

  1. he longed for the touch of her hand
  2. the cooling touch of the night air

  Synonyms

  1. touching
• be relevant to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bear on
  2. come to
  3. concern
  4. have to do with
  5. pertain
  6. refer
  7. relate
  8. touch on
• a suggestion of some quality (noun)

  Examples

  1. there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone

  Synonyms

  1. ghost
  2. trace
• have an effect upon (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. affect
  2. bear on
  3. bear upon
  4. impact
  5. touch on
• the act of putting two things together with no space between them (noun)

  Examples

  1. at his touch the room filled with lights

  Synonyms

  1. touching
• be equal to in quality or ability (verb)

  Examples

  1. Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues

  Synonyms

  1. equal
  2. match
  3. rival
• a communicative interaction (noun)

  Examples

  1. he got in touch with his colleagues

  Synonyms

  1. contact
• a slight attack of illness (noun)

  Examples

  1. he has a touch of rheumatism

  Synonyms

  1. spot
• affect emotionally (verb)

  Examples

  1. I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy

  Synonyms

  1. stir
• the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands) (noun)

  Examples

  1. only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us

  Synonyms

  1. cutaneous senses
  2. sense of touch
  3. skin senses
  4. touch modality
• tamper with (verb)

  Examples

  1. Don't touch my CDs!

  Synonyms

  1. disturb
• to extend as far as (verb)

  Examples

  1. The chair must not touch the wall

  Synonyms

  1. extend to
  2. reach
• a slight but appreciable amount (noun)

  Examples

  1. this dish could use a touch of garlic

  Synonyms

  1. hint
  2. jot
  3. mite
  4. pinch
  5. soupcon
  6. speck
  7. tinge
• be in direct physical contact with; make contact (verb)

  Examples

  1. The two buildings touch
  2. Their hands touched

  Synonyms

  1. adjoin
  2. contact
  3. meet
• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin (noun)

  Examples

  1. she likes the touch of silk on her skin

  Synonyms

  1. feeling
  2. tactile sensation
  3. tactual sensation
  4. touch sensation
• color lightly (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. tinct
  2. tinge
  3. tint
• cause to be in brief contact with (verb)

  Examples

  1. He touched his toes to the horse's flanks
• comprehend (verb)

  Examples

  1. He could not touch the meaning of the poem
• deal with; usually used with a form of negation (verb)

  Examples

  1. I wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole
  2. The local Mafia won't touch gambling
• deftness in handling matters (noun)

  Examples

  1. he has a master's touch
• make physical contact with, come in contact with (verb)

  Examples

  1. She never touched her husband
• perceive via the tactile sense (verb)

  Examples

  1. Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her
• the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he watched the beggar trying to make a touch
• the feel of mechanical action (noun)

  Examples

  1. this piano has a wonderful touch

See definition of touch in Merriam Webster