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Synonyms for compression
kəmˈprɛʃ əncom·pres·sion
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Wiktionary
compressionnoun
Antonyms:
rarefaction, decompressioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
decompression, rarefactioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
rarefaction, decompressioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
decompression, rarefactioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
rarefaction, decompression
English Synonyms and Antonyms
compression
Synonyms:
brevity, compactness, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, tersenessAntonyms:
circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness
Princeton's WordNet
compaction, compression, concretion, densificationnoun
an increase in the density of something
Synonyms:
densification, condensation, compressing, coalescence, crush, calculus, concretion, coalition, compaction, crunch, conglutination, contraction, coalescencyAntonyms:
decompression, decompressingcompression, 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, condensingAntonyms:
decompression, decompressingcompressionnoun
encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
Synonyms:
compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contractionAntonyms:
decompression, decompressingcompression, compressingnoun
applying pressure
Synonyms:
compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contractionAntonyms:
decompression, decompressing
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
compressionnoun
Synonyms:
condensation, pressing togethercompressionnoun
Synonyms:
brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "compression":
compressive, compress, compressor, compressed, compressing, suppression, squeeze, downsizing, retrenchment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5314 | coalition | |
#5864 | compression | |
#6694 | compressed | |
#11697 | calculus | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#13024 | capsule | |
#13156 | compressor | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#18732 | crunch | |
#19418 | contraction | |
#19529 | compress | |
#24556 | condensation | |
#33811 | compaction | |
#34445 | condensate | |
#36633 | downsizing | |
#37194 | condensing | |
#37781 | shortness | |
#40572 | compressing | |
#41093 | brevity | |
#41819 | compressive | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#75551 | retrenchment | |
#83290 | coalescence | |
#93289 | directness | |
#132731 | densification | |
#134784 | abridgment | |
#137337 | abridgement | |
#141473 | conciseness | |
#190108 | plainness | |
#252824 | concretion | |
#305389 | succinctness |
How to use compression in a sentence?
There are no moving parts in the flow path, so that means there are no compressor blades to suck in the air, so we need something to get us up to above Mach 4 in order to get the compression into the engine.
I know this guy was out, i didn't know how long, I just started chest compression immediately.
We have some compression in the schedule, votes are going to be all over the place.
We've got a shorter holiday selling season, that's creating a compression effect.
Competition for mandates will increase, leading to further pricing compression, particularly fees, lengthening of tenors and loosening of structures.
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