Synonyms for compression
kəmˈprɛʃ əncom·pres·sion

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1. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rarefaction, decompression

2. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   decompression, rarefaction

3. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rarefaction, decompression

4. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   decompression, rarefaction

5. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rarefaction, decompression

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compression

   Synonyms:
   brevity, compactness, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness

   Antonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

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1. compaction, compression, concretion, densificationnoun

   an increase in the density of something

   Synonyms:
   densification, condensation, compressing, coalescence, crush, calculus, concretion, coalition, compaction, crunch, conglutination, contraction, coalescency

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

2. compression, condensation, contractionnoun

   the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

   "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

   Synonyms:
   densification, abridgement, condensation, compressing, abridgment, capsule, concretion, compaction, muscle contraction, condensate, muscular contraction, contraction, condensing

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

3. compressionnoun

   encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

   Synonyms:
   compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contraction

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

4. compression, compressingnoun

   applying pressure

   Synonyms:
   compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contraction

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

Matched Categories

1. • Concentration
   • Encoding
   • Pressure

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1. compressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   condensation, pressing together

2. compressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness

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1. List of paraphrases for "compression":

   compressive, compress, compressor, compressed, compressing, suppression, squeeze, downsizing, retrenchment

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1. Vershalee Shukla:

   We are one of three in the country and so the benefit of this ultrasound is it images the breast using water and transmission ultrasound and so it's safer to do where there's no radiation, it's not painful there's no compression.

2. Speaker Ryan:

   We have some compression in the schedule, votes are going to be all over the place.

3. Linus Chuang:

   There were a lot of issues related to this very large tumor in the abdomen. She can't eat, she can't walk, and there are problems related to potential complications with this large mass compressing the venous system, she was at very high risk of developing blood clots because of compression of the blood flow.

4. Phil Hartmann:

   So as these compression garments claim it increases the blood flow during exercise, those negative -- well potentially negative -- properties can be washed out sooner.

5. Fed Chair Janet Yellen:

   I would highlight that equity market valuations at this point generally are quite high, there are potential dangers there... We've also seen the compression of spreads on high-yield debt, which certainly looks like a reach for yield type of behavior.