What are some opposite words for press?
Antonyms for press
prɛspress
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term press.
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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.
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advocate, argue, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead, solicit, urgePreposition:
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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imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressurenoun
the state of demanding notice or attention
"the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
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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, jampress, public pressnoun
the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
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pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativenesspress, printing pressnoun
a machine used for printing
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pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativenesscrush, jam, pressnoun
a dense crowd of people
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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, jammingwardrobe, closet, pressnoun
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
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pressing, insistency, mechanical press, military press, closet, public press, jam, imperativeness, cupboard, crush, wardrobe, printing press, pressure, insistence, water closet, loopressnoun
clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
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pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativenesspress, mechanical pressnoun
any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
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pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativenesspress, military pressnoun
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
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pressure, closet, jam, crush, public press, printing press, insistence, pressing, mechanical press, insistency, wardrobe, military press, imperativenesspress, 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"
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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, jampressverb
exert pressure or force to or upon
"He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
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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, urgeurge, urge on, press, exhortverb
force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
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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, cheerweigh, pressverb
to be oppressive or burdensome
"weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
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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, urgepressverb
place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
"pressed flowers"
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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, urgecompress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, pressverb
squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
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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 outpressverb
crowd closely
"The crowds pressed along the street"
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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, urgepressverb
create by pressing
"Press little holes into the soft clay"
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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, urgepressverb
be urgent
"This is a pressing problem"
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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, urgecrusade, 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"
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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, labourpress, press outverb
press from a plastic
"press a record"
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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, urgepress, pushverb
make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
"`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
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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, labouriron, iron out, pressverb
press and smooth with a heated iron
"press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
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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, urgeweight-lift, weightlift, pressverb
lift weights
"This guy can press 300 pounds"
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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, urgebid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjureverb
ask for or request earnestly
"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
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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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How to use press in a sentence?
State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau:
We continue to press the leaders of South Sudan to end the fighting, we call on all parties to allow civilian freedom of movement and provide unfettered humanitarian access to all people in need.
A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society.
We ...are proud to stand with Brian Karem against an administration that regularly attacks the First Amendment and seeks to chill freedom of the press.
There are far too many people in Saudi detention who don’t have the benefit of US citizenship to draw attention to their cases. Almadi was wrongfully detained, reportedly tortured, and released only after tireless campaigning by his son and international pressure, almadi’s release shows that strategic pressure works, and US officials should continue to press for release of prisoners and lifting of travel bans.
We have been aware of reports, not just in the press, that they may have obtained this capability, obviously, it's something that we take seriously. It's obviously something, clearly that we're mindful of.
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