Synonyms for striking
- adjective
- noun
Most common
impressive dramatic stunning conspicuous brilliant vivid imposing spanking
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Impressive — making a strong impression
impressive, dramatic, stunning, conspicuous, remarkable, salient, astonishing, arresting, bold, spectacular, prominent, outstanding, amazing, extraordinary, noticeable, memorable, wonderful, arrestive
Noun
2. Contact
contact, impinging
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Making a strong impression.
He looked quite striking in his new suit and tie.
- n. 1
The act by which something strikes or is struck.
Related words
- Word family
- strikingly strikingness
Forms
- Plural
- strikings → hittings, hits, contacts, impingings…
Example sentences
- impressive Would you like to see something really impressive?
- dramatic Don't take that dramatic attitude all of a sudden.
- stunning The sunset over the ocean was absolutely stunning.
- conspicuous Marcus was once again conspicuous by his absence.
- brilliant Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant invention.
- vivid The author's language is vivid, supple and nuanced.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| striking | falling | |
| impressive | steady | |
| dramatic | steady | |
| stunning | rising | |
| conspicuous | falling | |
| brilliant | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hit1
- 4 letters
- bold1
- 5 letters
- vivid2
- 6 letters
- moving2, impact2
- 7 letters
- amazing3, contact2, hitting2, graphic2, salient3
- 8 letters
- dramatic3, stunning2, imposing3, spanking2, forcible3
- 9 letters
- wonderful3, brilliant2, prominent3, memorable4, arresting3, impinging3, arrestive
- 10 letters
- impressive3, remarkable4, noticeable4
- 11 letters
- outstanding3, spectacular4, astonishing4, conspicuous4
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vivid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- frappant
- Català
- impressionant