COMPRESSION Synonyms

• closely and firmly united or packed together

• a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• a small and economical car

• having a short and solid form or stature

• briefly giving the gist of something

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• compress into a wad

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• squeeze or press together

• become tight or as if tight

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• make flat or flatter

• become flat or flatter

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• not wide

• lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

• very limited in degree

• a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

• limited in extent or scope

• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• define clearly

• become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

• become tight or as if tight

• a large indefinite quantity

• a complete collection of similar things

• a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

• an association of criminals

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

• a group of hunting animals

• a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

• a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

• a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

• arrange in a container

• fill to capacity

• compress into a wad

• carry, as on one's back

• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• press tightly together or cram

• hike with a backpack

• press down tightly

• seal with packing

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• load with a pack

• treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood

• the state of demanding notice or attention

• the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

• a machine used for printing

• a dense crowd of people

• a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

• clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

• any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

• exert pressure or force to or upon

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• to be oppressive or burdensome

• place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

• squeeze or press together

• crowd closely

• create by pressing

• be urgent

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• press from a plastic

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• press and smooth with a heated iron

• lift weights

• ask for or request earnestly

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• make less complex

• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

• be the essential element

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• lessen and make more modest

• make smaller

• to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

• narrow or limit

• put down by force or intimidation

• undergo meiosis

• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

• take off weight

• make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• make short or shorter

• become short or shorter

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• decrease in size, range, or extent

• the act of gripping and pressing firmly

• a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

• a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer

• (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend

• a twisting squeeze

• an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

• a tight or amorous embrace

• the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• press firmly

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• press or force

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• squeeze or press together

• the noise of soft mud being walked on

• walk through mud or mire

• put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of a squirting action

• make tight or tighter

• become tight or tighter

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• narrow or limit

• a twisting squeeze

• twist and press out of shape

• twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid

• an increase in the density of something

• the act of crushing

• applying pressure

• the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)

• a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

• an increase in the density of something

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope