Antonyms for press
prɛspress

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1. press

   To plead for one is to employ argument or persuasion, or both in his behalf, usually with earnestness or importunity; similarly one may be said to plead for himself or for a cause, etc., or with direct object, to plead a case; in legal usage, pleading is argumentative, but in popular usage, pleading always implies some appeal to the feelings. One argues a case solely on rational grounds and supposably with fair consideration of both sides; he advocates one side for the purpose of carrying it, and under the influence of motives that may range all the way from cold self-interest to the highest and noblest impulses; he pleads a cause, or pleads for a person with still more intense feeling. Beseech, entreat, and implore imply impassioned earnestness, with direct and tender appeal to personal considerations. Press and urge imply more determined or perhaps authoritative insistence. Solicit is a weak word denoting merely an attempt to secure one's consent or cooperation, sometimes by sordid or corrupt motives.

   Synonyms:
   advocate, argue, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead, solicit, urge

   Preposition:
   Plead with the tyrant for the captive; plead against the oppression or the oppressor; plead to the indictment; at the bar; before the court; in open court.

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1. pressverb

   Antonyms:
   relax, inhibit, persuade, entice, allure, solicit, touch, skim, graze, free, liberate, ease, avoid, relieve

   Synonyms:
   urge, crowd, compel, force, squeeze, crush, compress, express, constrain, hurry, instigate, inculcate, impress, throng, encroach, lean, weigh, harass

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Clamp
   • Create
   • Flatten
   • Furniture
   • Machine
   • Mass
   • Plead
   • Press
   • Print Media
   • Promote
   • Push
   • Touch
   • Urgency

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1. imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressurenoun

   the state of demanding notice or attention

   "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"

   Synonyms:
   insistence, insistency, instancy, military press, closet, pressure level, force per unit area, public press, imperativeness, air pressure, insisting, atmospheric pressure, wardrobe, printing press, pressing, pressure sensation, mechanical press, crush, pressure, jam

2. press, public pressnoun

   the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

   Synonyms:
   pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativeness

3. press, printing pressnoun

   a machine used for printing

   Synonyms:
   pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativeness

4. crush, jam, pressnoun

   a dense crowd of people

   Synonyms:
   pressing, insistency, puppy love, military press, closet, calf love, electronic jamming, pickle, imperativeness, kettle of fish, crush, infatuation, public press, mechanical press, hole, wardrobe, mess, fix, pressure, compaction, insistence, printing press, crunch, muddle, crushed leather, jam, jamming

5. wardrobe, closet, pressnoun

   a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

   Synonyms:
   pressing, insistency, mechanical press, military press, closet, public press, jam, imperativeness, cupboard, crush, wardrobe, printing press, pressure, insistence, water closet, loo

6. pressnoun

   clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

   Synonyms:
   pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativeness

7. press, mechanical pressnoun

   any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

   Synonyms:
   pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativeness

8. press, military pressnoun

   a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

   Synonyms:
   pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativeness

9. press, pressure, pressingverb

   the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

   "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

   Synonyms:
   insistence, pressure level, military press, closet, force per unit area, public press, imperativeness, air pressure, crush, atmospheric pressure, wardrobe, printing press, pressing, pressure sensation, mechanical press, pressure, insistency, jam

10. pressverb

    exert pressure or force to or upon

    "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, constrict, adjure, press out, bid, agitate, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, contract, iron, push, urge

11. urge, urge on, press, exhortverb

    force or impel in an indicated direction

    "I urged him to finish his studies"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, beseech, agitate, press out, conjure, urge on, root on, bid, constrict, urge, weight-lift, iron out, exhort, iron, weightlift, campaign, barrack, advocate, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, pep up, recommend, adjure, contract, inspire, crusade, push, cheer

12. weigh, pressverb

    to be oppressive or burdensome

    "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, adjure, agitate, press out, consider, iron, constrict, librate, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, matter, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, bid, compress, contract, count, conjure, push, urge

13. pressverb

    place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

    "pressed flowers"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, constrict, adjure, press out, bid, agitate, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, contract, iron, push, urge

14. compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, pressverb

    squeeze or press together

    "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

    Synonyms:
    fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, contract, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, squeeze, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out

15. pressverb

    crowd closely

    "The crowds pressed along the street"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, constrict, adjure, press out, bid, agitate, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, contract, iron, push, urge

16. pressverb

    create by pressing

    "Press little holes into the soft clay"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, constrict, adjure, press out, bid, agitate, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, contract, iron, push, urge

17. pressverb

    be urgent

    "This is a pressing problem"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, constrict, adjure, press out, bid, agitate, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, contract, iron, push, urge

18. crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb

    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

    "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

    Synonyms:
    fight, tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, vex, agitate, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, push, fight down, campaign, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labour

19. press, press outverb

    press from a plastic

    "press a record"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, constrict, adjure, press out, bid, agitate, crusade, iron out, stub out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, express, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, crush out, compress, contract, extinguish, iron, extract, push, urge

20. press, pushverb

    make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

    "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"

    Synonyms:
    fight, tug, iron out, press out, crowd, weigh, squeeze, agitate, advertize, adjure, urge on, weight-lift, promote, compress, urge, entreat, beseech, contract, iron, compact, crusade, drive, bear on, exhort, labor, force, bid, push, campaign, conjure, constrict, advertise, weightlift, labour

21. iron, iron out, pressverb

    press and smooth with a heated iron

    "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, beseech, agitate, press out, bid, constrict, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, exhort, conjure, weightlift, campaign, put right, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, straighten out, compress, contract, adjure, iron, push, urge

22. weight-lift, weightlift, pressverb

    lift weights

    "This guy can press 300 pounds"

    Synonyms:
    weigh, fight, adjure, agitate, press out, bid, constrict, crusade, iron out, weight-lift, beseech, exhort, iron, weightlift, campaign, urge on, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, contract, conjure, push, urge

23. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjureverb

    ask for or request earnestly

    "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

    Synonyms:
    fight, put forward, iron out, evoke, tender, invite, weigh, agitate, adjure, stir, call down, urge on, weight-lift, arouse, cabal, compress, urge, offer, call, press out, conjure up, beseech, contract, iron, complot, crusade, raise, squeeze, entreat, conspire, compact, call forth, invoke, exhort, bring up, bid, push, wish, campaign, conjure, constrict, machinate, weightlift

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1. pressnoun

   Synonyms:
   pressure, urgency

2. pressverb

   Synonyms:
   squeeze, crowd, compress, urge, crowd, express, embrace, hug, clasp, oppress, enjoin, constrain

How to use press in a sentence?

1. Donna Rotunno:

   Obviously this case has a lot more notoriety and press involved with it, but that's a concern in any case, once 12 people are put on that bench and they realize the gravity of it, they really want to be fair.

2. Matt Araiza:

   The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look forward to quickly setting the record straight.

3. Arturo Vargas:

   He had a low public profile in Congress even though he was in leadership. He was chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus ; he was in leadership in the Democratic Caucus. But he wasn't in every single press conference with the speakers and the party leaders.

4. Rodney Rapson:

   So it kind of seems redundant to have a post-match interview in front of a press room where the players, especially if they've lost, are being asked really arbitrary questions which everybody knows the answer to.

5. Adam Kinzinger:

   I think President Donald Trump, President President Donald Trump, was wrong yesterday in a major way and I think it was a very embarrassing press conference.

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