1. (verb) compress
a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
Antonyms: uncompress, decompress
2. (verb) compress, compact, pack together
make more compact by or as if by pressing
Synonyms: bundle, press, squeeze, pack, compact, contract, pack together, wad, compress, constrict
Antonyms: uncompress, decompress
3. (verb) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
squeeze or press together
Synonyms: fight, adjure, nip, 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, 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
Antonyms: uncompress, decompress
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Synonyms and Antonyms of compress 
