Thesaurus:compress

Thesaurus:compress

THESAURUS

compress

English

Verb

(transitive)

Synonyms

• astringe (obsolete)

• compact    [WS]

• compactify (humorous)

• condense

• densitize (uncommon)

• pack

• press

• 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.