Thesaurus:compress

Thesaurus

compress

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to press or squeeze together; to make more dense

Synonyms

• astringe (obsolete)
• compact    [⇒ thesaurus]
• compactify (humorous)
• condense
• densitize (uncommon)
• pack
• press
• mash
• scrunch
• smush
• squoosh
• squash
• squish
• squeeze
• thring (British dialect)
• thrutch (British dialect)

Antonyms

• decompact
• decompactify
• decompress
• expand
• uncompress

Hyponyms

• crush
• crunch
• tamp down
• wad
• wring
• wring out
•   —
• overcompress
• recompact
• recompress
• supercompress

Antonyms

• densen (intransitive)

See also

• Thesaurus:compact (adjective)
• Thesaurus:thicken

Further reading

• “321. density” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “195. contraction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “compress” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.