Americans were asked their one-word impression of Barack Obama as he nears his 100th day in office. Above are the top ten words respondents cited. The size of a word is based on how often it was said.

Top three words cited: intelligent, good and socialist. Intelligent has led both the February and April lists.

One-word answers are hardly the metric by which to gauge a president. But they do give a sense of those words floating around the American mind.

Consider the word "inexperienced." In September 2008, it was far and away the first choice of the public. By February, it ranked 5th. Today, it ranks 7th.

The rise of the word "socialist" is also notable. In September 2008, socialist ranked 19th. By February,  it ranked 8th. Today, socialist ranks 3rd.

More voters select socialist to describe Obama than: liberal, great, confident, inexperienced or honest. That increase may reflect large government spending out of Washington. But keep the echo chamber in mind. In recent months, Republicans have settled on the word "socialist" to critically describe Obama.

Meanwhile, when it comes to discussing Obama, "change" is receding from the public lexicon. Today, twice as many Americans cite "socialist" as cite the word "change." Change ranks 11th. In February, change ranked 2nd.

This visual barometer is based on data from the Pew Research Center's latest report.