Synonyms and Antonyms of compress

make more compact by or as if by pressing (verb.contact)

squeeze or press together (verb.contact)

restore to its uncompressed form (verb.contact)

a cloth covering for a wound or sore (noun.artifact)

squeeze like a wedge into a tight space (verb.contact)

become tight or tighter (verb.change)

press down tightly (verb.contact)

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

contract one's lips (verb.change)

constrict or bind or draw together (verb.contact)

constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air (verb.contact)

contract involuntarily, as in a spasm (verb.contact)

contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery (verb.contact)

be too tight; rub or press (verb.contact)

wring the neck of (verb.contact)

a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice (noun.substance)

exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)

the act of crushing (noun.act)

encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required (noun.act)

the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)

applying pressure (noun.act)

an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle (noun.act)

(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) (noun.act)

the action or process of compressing (noun.act)

any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils (noun.animal)

a mechanical device that compresses gasses (noun.artifact)

a bodily organ that contracts (noun.body)

the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together (noun.event)

capable of being compressed or made more compact (adj.all)

capable of being easily compressed (adj.all)