Antonyms for squeeze
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1. • Compression
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   • Press
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1. squeeze, squeezingnoun

   the act of gripping and pressing firmly

   "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

2. credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeezenoun

   a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

   Synonyms:
   clinch, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, squeezing, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

3. squeezenoun

   a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer

   "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

4. squeezenoun

   (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend

   "she was his main squeeze"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

5. squeeze, wringnoun

   a twisting squeeze

   "gave the wet cloth a wring"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

6. power play, squeeze play, squeezenoun

   an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

   "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, wring, power play, squeezing, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

7. hug, clinch, squeezenoun

   a tight or amorous embrace

   "come here and give me a big hug"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, clench, clamp, power play, squeezing, liquidity crisis, wring, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

8. squeezeverb

   the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space

   "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"

   Synonyms:
   clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

9. squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeezeverb

   to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

   "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

   Synonyms:
   comminute, twitch, suppress, vanquish, pressure, crush, squish, grind, romance, rack, quell, twinge, splash, dally, hale, beat, press, jam, smash, wring, flirt, force, embrace, crunch, trounce, coquette, shove, thrust, chat up, demolish, butterfly, compress, hug, beat out, tweet, slop, mash, quench, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squash, philander, bosom, pinch, coquet, break down, slosh, coerce, oppress, wedge, squelch, bray, constrict, splosh, gouge, shell

10. squeezeverb

    press firmly

    "He squeezed my hand"

    Synonyms:
    stuff, embrace, twitch, extort, squelch, hug, force, constrict, wring, hale, rack, coerce, thrust, press, crush, twinge, tweet, shove, pinch, pressure, compress, wedge, bosom, mash, contract, squash, gouge, compact

11. wedge, squeeze, forceverb

    squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    "I squeezed myself into the corner"

    Synonyms:
    extort, draw, storm, stick, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, lodge, contract, deposit, stuff, squash, compact, pinch, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, constrict

12. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb

    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

    "He squeezed her for information"

    Synonyms:
    draw, storm, blackjack, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haul

13. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb

    obtain by coercion or intimidation

    "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

    Synonyms:
    pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, gouge, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, extort, stuff, distort, squash, compact, pinch, wring, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrict

14. thrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb

    press or force

    "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

    Synonyms:
    extort, pressure, crush, scarf out, lug, rack, twinge, constrict, overindulge, binge, stuff, gouge, tweet, embrace, thrust, gormandize, shove, gormandise, throw, glut, compress, engorge, gourmandize, pig out, ingurgitate, coerce, block, overeat, contract, hale, press, lunge, jostle, hurtle, squash, twitch, bosom, pinch, wring, push up, mash, englut, wedge, hurl, hug, force, choke up, pierce, squelch, compact, farce, overgorge, satiate, gorge

15. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitchverb

    squeeze tightly between the fingers

    "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

    Synonyms:
    cabbage, hook, pressure, nobble, thrust, clip, rack, sting, hale, filch, twitch, gouge, tweet, top, jerk, force, lift, shove, crimp, abstract, twinge, compress, hug, flip, pilfer, embrace, prick, purloin, snarf, compact, press, extort, stuff, sneak, contract, squash, nip off, bosom, twirp, pinch, swipe, wring, mash, coerce, snip off, wedge, squelch, snip, constrict, crush, vellicate

16. embrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb

    squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

    "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"

    Synonyms:
    hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, embrace, adopt, force, shove, twinge, compress, tweet, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squash, bosom, pinch, wring, hale, mash, coerce, comprehend, cover, wedge, squelch, constrict, crush

17. 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, press, 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, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out

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1. squeezenoun

   Synonyms:
   compression, pressure, exaction, extortion

2. squeezeverb

   Synonyms:
   compress, gripe, pinch, oppress, extort, crowd, elbow, press

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1. release

   Submitted by anonymous on April 19, 2020  

How to use squeeze in a sentence?

1. Igbo Proverb:

   The world is like a goat's udder. It does not yield any milk, unless you punch and squeeze at it

2. Jeffrey Schulze:

   Essentially the Fed has been taking down all of the net supply of Treasuries, so I think this has been a bit of a supply ... a short squeeze, if you will, on the Treasury market.

3. Kyle Larson:

   Obviously, Harvick and Chase got together. Chase was upset. Kind of held him up, it got Harvick having to move around and use his tires up off the bottom. I started to get some dive-ins working off of( turn) two, got a big run, decided to pull the trigger, slide him, squeeze him a little bit, hen he had me jacked up down the frontstretch. It was wild.

4. Jonathan Lehr:

   Banks are looking for other ways to squeeze out profit, they get more eyes on their homegrown technology and it's a good opportunity to build their brand with potential recruits.

5. Alan Gilbert:

   It's like a balloon, you squeeze one end and it bulges out the other. That is a very real concern of ours.

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