Synonyms for physical contact
phys·i·cal con·tact

Princeton's WordNet

1. contact, physical contactnoun

   the act of touching physically

   "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"

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1. • Touch

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1. Karen Cassiday:

   When somebody has a phobia of bugs or insects, the thing they are dreading most is physical contact, that's what can make it so compelling to stay indoors or cover yourself up completely. When you're having anxiety, it's out of proportion to the situation.

2. Benjamin Hooks:

   There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.

3. Amanda Meier:

   You can see sort of relief in their bodies and their faces when they finally get to have that physical contact, which is really a basic human need. And in these facilities, a lot of times they're missing it anyway because they're just not with their families, i don't think it's measurable, really. You just know it when you see it and feel it when you're there.

4. Sheriff Rick Singleton:

   As far as we know that was the earliest physical contact they had.

5. Lisa Damour:

   The challenge is that children, and then especially adolescents, get a lot of comfort from the physical contact with their peers.