Synonyms and Antonyms of press

synonym (synonym of press)

  • (noun.state)
    imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure
    the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    public press
    the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    printing press
    a machine used for printing (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.group)
    crush, jam
    a dense crowd of people (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    closet, wardrobe
    a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    mechanical press
    any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.act)
    military press
    a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    pressing, pressure
    the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    exhort, urge, urge on
    force or impel in an indicated direction (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    weigh
    to be oppressive or burdensome (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze
    squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push
    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 (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    press out
    press from a plastic (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    push
    make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    iron, iron out
    press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    weight-lift, weightlift
    lift weights (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat
    ask for or request earnestly (verb.communication)
     

hypernym (press IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a dense crowd of people (noun.group)
    crowd
    a large number of things or people considered together (noun.group)
     
  • a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes (noun.artifact)
    article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture
    furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy (noun.artifact)
     
  • a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead (noun.act)
    weightlift, weightlifting
    bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights (noun.act)
     
  • any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids (noun.artifact)
    machine
    any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks (noun.artifact)
     
  • ask for or request earnestly (verb.communication)
    plead
    appeal or request earnestly (verb.communication)
     
  • be urgent (verb.stative)
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)
     
  • clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use (noun.artifact)
    clamp, clinch
    a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together (noun.artifact)
     
  • create by pressing (verb.creation)
    create, make
    make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation)
     
  • crowd closely (verb.motion)
    mass
    join together into a mass or collect or form a mass (verb.motion)
     
  • 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 (verb.social)
    advertise, advertize, promote, push
    make publicity for; try to sell (a product) (verb.communication)
     
  • exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)
    touch
    make physical contact with, come in contact with (verb.contact)
     
  • force or impel in an indicated direction (verb.communication)
    advise, counsel, rede
    give advice to (verb.communication)
     
  • lift weights (verb.competition)
    exercise, work out
    do physical exercise (verb.body)
     
  • make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby (verb.contact)
    force, push
    move with force, (verb.motion)
     
  • place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure (verb.contact)
    flatten, flatten out
    become flat or flatter (verb.change)
     
  • press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)
    press
    place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure (verb.contact)
     
  • press from a plastic (verb.creation)
    cast, mold, mould
    form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold (verb.creation)
     
  • squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
    tighten
    become tight or tighter (verb.change)
     
  • the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)
    push, pushing
    the act of applying force in order to move something away (noun.act)
     
  • the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines (noun.communication)
    print media
    a medium that disseminates printed matter (noun.communication)
     
  • the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)
    urgency
    the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity (noun.state)
     
  • to be oppressive or burdensome (verb.stative)
    count, matter, weigh
    have weight; have import, carry weight (verb.stative)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF press relation)

  • a dense crowd of people (noun.group)
    snarl-up, traffic jam
    a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move (noun.group)
     
  • a machine used for printing (noun.artifact)
    cylinder press, flatbed press
    a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    rotary press
    a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    standing press
    a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically (noun.artifact)
     
  • a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes (noun.artifact)
    armoire
    a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    clothes closet, clothespress
    a closet where clothes are stored (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    coat closet
    a closet for storing outerwear (noun.artifact)
     
  • any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids (noun.artifact)
    cheese press
    a press for shaping cheese curd (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    ciderpress
    a press that is used to extract the juice from apples (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    garlic press
    a press for extracting juice from garlic (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    hydraulic press
    press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    punch press
    a power driven press used to shape metal parts (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    winepress
    a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes (noun.artifact)
     
  • exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)
    squeeze
    press firmly (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch
    to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cranch, craunch, crunch, grind
    press or grind with a crushing noise (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bear down, bear down on, drag down, press down on, weigh down
    exert a force with a heavy weight (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    knuckle
    press or rub with the knuckles (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    push
    press against forcefully without moving (verb.motion)
     
  • force or impel in an indicated direction (verb.communication)
    hurry, rush
    urge to an unnatural speed (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    bear on, push
    press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    advocate, preach
    speak, plead, or argue in favor of (verb.communication)
     
  • place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure (verb.contact)
    iron, iron out, press
    press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    calender
    press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets (verb.contact)
     
  • press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)
    mangle
    press with a mangle (verb.contact)
     
  • squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
    choke, strangle
    constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.change)
    prim
    contract one's lips (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    astringe
    constrict or bind or draw together (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    strangulate
    constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    convulse
    contract involuntarily, as in a spasm (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bear down, overbear
    contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    choke, fret, gag
    be too tight; rub or press (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    choke, scrag
    wring the neck of (verb.contact)
     
  • the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)
    impression
    the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    compressing, compression
    applying pressure (noun.act)
     
  • the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines (noun.communication)
    free press
    a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    newspaper, paper
    a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    mag, magazine
    a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it (noun.communication)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • a machine used for printing (noun.artifact)
    bed
    the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc. (noun.artifact)
     
  • the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines (noun.communication)
    press corps
    a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics (noun.group)
     

entail (entailment relations of press)

  • press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)
    heat, heat up
    make hot or hotter (verb.change)
     

verb group (press is verb group of ....)

  • 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 (verb.social)
    advertise, advertize, promote, push
    make publicity for; try to sell (a product) (verb.communication)
     

derivation (.... is derived from press)

  • a dense crowd of people (noun.group)
    chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram, wad
    crowd or pack to capacity (verb.contact)
     
  • a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead (noun.act)
    press, weight-lift, weightlift
    lift weights (verb.competition)
     
  • any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids (noun.artifact)
    press, press out
    press from a plastic (verb.creation)
     
  • ask for or request earnestly (verb.communication)
    bid, bidding, command, dictation
    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    adjuration
    a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something (noun.communication)
     
  • (adj.all)
    adjuratory
    earnestly or solemnly entreating (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    acquiescent, biddable
    willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest (adj.all)
     
  • be urgent (verb.stative)
    imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
    the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)
     
  • crowd closely (verb.motion)
    crush, jam, press
    a dense crowd of people (noun.group)
     
  • 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 (verb.social)
    campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
    a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    energy, get-up-and-go, push
    enterprising or ambitious drive (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.person)
    champion, fighter, hero, paladin
    someone who fights for a cause (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer
    a disputant who advocates reform (noun.person)
     
  • exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)
    force per unit area, pressure, pressure level
    the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • force or impel in an indicated direction (verb.communication)
    pressure
    a force that compels (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    exhortation
    a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    exhortation, incitement
    the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring, urging
    a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something (noun.communication)
     
  • (adj.all)
    pressing, urgent
    compelling immediate action (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory
    giving strong encouragement (adj.all)
     
  • lift weights (verb.competition)
    weightlift, weightlifting
    bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    military press, press
    a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    lifter, weightlifter
    an athlete who lifts barbells (noun.person)
     
  • make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby (verb.contact)
    push, pushing
    the act of applying force in order to move something away (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    push, thrust
    the force used in pushing (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • press and smooth with a heated iron (verb.contact)
    ironing
    the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    iron, smoothing iron
    home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth (noun.artifact)
     
  • press from a plastic (verb.creation)
    mechanical press, press
    any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    pressing
    a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press (noun.artifact)
     
  • squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
    press, pressing, pressure
    the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    compressing, compression
    applying pressure (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    contracture
    an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction
    (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    constriction
    the action or process of compressing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    constrictor
    any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    compressor
    a mechanical device that compresses gasses (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.body)
    contractile organ, contractor
    a bodily organ that contracts (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.event)
    compression, condensation, contraction
    the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together (noun.event)
     
  • (adj.all)
    compressible
    capable of being compressed or made more compact (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    compressible, squeezable
    capable of being easily compressed (adj.all)
     
  • the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure (noun.act)
    compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze
    squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    press
    place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    press, push
    make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby (verb.contact)
     
  • the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)
    coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    blackjack, blackmail, pressure
    exert pressure on someone through threats (verb.social)
     
  • (adj.all)
    insistent, repetitive
    repetitive and persistent (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    imperative
    requiring attention or action (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
    demanding attention (adj.all)
     
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