compress - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

Synonyms

• compress

More generic

• dressing
• medical dressing

Related

• fomentation

Verb

squeeze or press together

Synonyms

• compact
• compress
• constrict
• contract
• press
• squeeze

More generic

• tighten

More specific

• astringe
• bear down
• choke
• convulse
• fret
• gag
• overbear
• prim
• scrag
• strangle
• strangulate

Verb

make more compact by or as if by pressing

Synonyms

• compact
• compress
• pack together

More generic

• force
• squeeze
• wedge

Opposite / Antonyms

• decompress

More specific

• pack
• tamp
• tamp down

Related

• press

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