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etch has 1 distinct synonym spread across 2 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
“a face etched with pain”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for etch come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons