Synonyms for compress
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Squeeze — to make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume
squeeze, press, compact, constrict, contract, pack, pac US, squish informal, cram, pinch, crush, squash, gripe, crowd, mash
Definitions
- v. 1
To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
- v. 2
To abridge.
If you try to compress the entire book into a three-sentence summary, you will lose a lot of information.
Related words
- Word family
- compressed compressibility compressible compression compressor
Forms
- Past participle
- compressed
e.g. compressed → squeezed, prest, compacted, constricted…
Example sentences
- squeeze Everyone squeeze together so I can take a picture.
- cram Make a student cram for the entrance examination.
- constrict Social hierarchies serve to constrict freedom of choice.
- shorten High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.
- condense It's hard to condense this into a short article.
- zip Can you tell me what the zip code is for New York?
By length
- 3 letters
- pac1, zip1, nip1
- 4 letters
- pack1, trim1, mash1, cram1, pare1
- 5 letters
- press1, crowd1, crush1, pinch1, prune1, gripe1
- 6 letters
- reduce2, squash1, lessen2, squish, thring
- 7 letters
- compact2, squeeze1, shorten2, curtail2, abridge2
- 8 letters
- contract2, diminish3, condense2, truncate2, retrench2
- 9 letters
- telescope3, summarize3, summarise, constrict2, epitomize4, epitomise
- 10 letters
- abbreviate4
- 11 letters
- consolidate4, foreshorten
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reduce2 = 2 syllables).