Synonyms and Antonyms of squeeze

synonym (synonym of squeeze)

  • (noun.act)
    squeezing
    the act of gripping and pressing firmly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.state)
    credit crunch, liquidity crisis
    a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.event)
    wring
    a twisting squeeze (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.act)
    power play, squeeze play
    an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    clinch, hug
    a tight or amorous embrace (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    crush, mash, squash, squelch
    to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    force, wedge
    squeeze like a wedge into a tight space (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    coerce, force, hale, pressure
    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    extort, gouge, rack, wring
    obtain by coercion or intimidation (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    shove, stuff, thrust
    press or force (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    nip, pinch, tweet, twinge, twitch
    squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    bosom, embrace, hug
    squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    compact, compress, constrict, contract, press
    squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
     

also (also)

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

  • (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend (noun.person)
    lover
    a person who loves someone or is loved by someone (noun.person)
     
  • a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer (noun.possession)
    loss, red, red ink
    the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue (noun.possession)
     
  • a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high (noun.state)
    financial condition
    the condition of (corporate or personal) finances (noun.state)
     
  • a tight or amorous embrace (noun.act)
    embrace, embracement, embracing
    the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) (noun.act)
     
  • a twisting squeeze (noun.event)
    motion, movement
    a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something (noun.event)
     
  • an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power (noun.act)
    attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something (noun.act)
     
  • obtain by coercion or intimidation (verb.possession)
    fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge
    rip off; ask an unreasonable price (verb.possession)
     
  • press firmly (verb.contact)
    press
    exert pressure or force to or upon (verb.contact)
     
  • press or force (verb.motion)
    force, push
    move with force, (verb.motion)
     
  • squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness (verb.contact)
    clasp
    hold firmly and tightly (verb.contact)
     
  • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space (verb.contact)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     
  • squeeze or press together (verb.contact)
    tighten
    become tight or tighter (verb.change)
     
  • squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb.contact)
    grip
    hold fast or firmly (verb.contact)
     
  • the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space (noun.act)
    constriction
    the action or process of compressing (noun.act)
     
  • the act of gripping and pressing firmly (noun.act)
    compressing, compression
    applying pressure (noun.act)
     
  • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
    compel, obligate, oblige
    force somebody to do something (verb.social)
     

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

  • obtain by coercion or intimidation (verb.possession)
    bleed
    get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone (verb.possession)
     
  • press firmly (verb.contact)
    clench
    squeeze together tightly (verb.contact)
     
  • squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness (verb.contact)
    clinch
    embrace amorously (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cuddle
    hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    interlock, lock
    become engaged or intermeshed with one another (verb.contact)
     
  • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space (verb.contact)
    impact
    press or wedge together; pack together (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    compact, compress, pack together
    make more compact by or as if by pressing (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)
     
  • squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb.contact)
    goose
    pinch in the buttocks (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    tweak
    pinch or squeeze sharply (verb.contact)
     
  • the act of gripping and pressing firmly (noun.act)
    pinch, tweak
    a squeeze with the fingers (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    expression
    the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    expulsion, extrusion
    squeezing out by applying pressure (noun.act)
     
  • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
    turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
    apply great or increased pressure (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    drive
    to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    bludgeon
    overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    steamroll, steamroller
    bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    squeeze for
    squeeze someone for money, information, etc. (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    dragoon, railroad, sandbag
    compel by coercion, threats, or crude means (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    terrorise, terrorize
    coerce by violence or with threats (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    bring oneself
    cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative (verb.social)
     
  • to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)
    wring
    twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    stamp
    crush or grind with a heavy instrument (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    steamroller
    crush with a steamroller as if to level (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    tread
    crush as if by treading on (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    telescope
    crush together or collapse (verb.contact)
     

cause (cause to relations of squeeze)

  • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
    act, move
    perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from squeeze)

  • a tight or amorous embrace (noun.act)
    bosom, embrace, hug, squeeze
    squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    clench, clinch
    hold in a tight grasp (verb.contact)
     
  • a twisting squeeze (noun.event)
    wring
    twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch
    to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)
     
  • an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power (noun.act)
    extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring
    obtain by coercion or intimidation (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.social)
    coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze
    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
     
  • obtain by coercion or intimidation (verb.possession)
    extortion
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    power play, squeeze, squeeze play
    an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud (noun.person)
     
  • press firmly (verb.contact)
    squeeze, squeezing, squeeze, squeezing
    the act of gripping and pressing firmly (noun.act)
     
  • press or force (verb.motion)
    shove
    the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    push, thrust
    the force used in pushing (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness (verb.contact)
    embrace, embracement, embracing
    the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    clinch, hug, squeeze
    a tight or amorous embrace (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling
    affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.body)
    bosom
    a person's breast or chest (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.person)
    hugger
    a person who hugs (noun.person)
     
  • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space (verb.contact)
    wedge
    something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    cuneus, wedge, wedge shape
    any shape that is triangular in cross section (noun.shape)
     
  • 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)
     
  • squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb.contact)
    pinch, tweak
    a squeeze with the fingers (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    chela, claw, nipper, pincer
    a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.event)
    squeeze, wring
    a twisting squeeze (noun.event)
     
  • the act of gripping and pressing firmly (noun.act)
    squeeze
    press firmly (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch
    squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb.contact)
     
  • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : (verb.social)
    coercion, compulsion
    using force to cause something to occur (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    coercion
    the act of compelling by force of authority (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    force
    a powerful effect or influence (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    pressure
    a force that compels (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.person)
    force, power
    one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.state)
    imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
    the state of demanding notice or attention (noun.state)
     
  • (adj.all)
    coercive
    serving or intended to coerce (adj.all)
     
  • to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition (verb.contact)
    compaction, crunch, crush
    the act of crushing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    crusher
    a device that crushes something (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    squeezer
    a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.food)
    mash
    mixture of ground animal feeds (noun.food)
     

domain usage (squeeze is used in .... domain)

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