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press

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of press

1 a built-in space for storage behind a door
  • Please put the towels in the linen press.
Synonyms of press

closet, cupboard, pantry
Words Related to press

larder

cloakroom, coatroom, wardrobe
2 a great number of persons or creatures massed together
  • He pushed his way through the press of people outside the courthouse.
Synonyms of press

army, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, rout, swarm, throng
Words Related to press

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam
3 a storage case typically having doors and shelves
  • Originally designed as a press for clothes, it now serves to hide the bedroom TV.
Synonyms of press

buffet, cabinet, closet, console, cupboard, hutch, locker, sideboard
Words Related to press

bookcase, breakfront, chest, china closet, secretary, showcase, vitrine

dresser, pie safe

armoire, clothespress, wardrobe
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press

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of press

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right
  • The fleeing bank robber pressed a nearby taxi into service as a getaway car.
Synonyms of press

appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, seize, take over, usurp
Words Related to press

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse
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press

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of press

1 to push steadily against with some force
  • an old doorbell that requires you to press the button hard
Synonyms of press

bear (down on), depress, shove, weigh (on or upon)
Words Related to press

compress, mash, punch, squash, squeeze, squish

compel, force, pressure

lean (on or against), muscle

drive, propel, thrust

compact, condense, constrict, contract, crush, scrunch, wring

cram, jam, jam-pack, pack, stuff, wedge
2 to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of
  • My family will only drink juice from freshly pressed oranges.
Synonyms of press

crush, express, mash, squeeze
Words Related to press

ream

pulp, puree (or purée)

extract, extrude
3 to gather into a closely packed group
  • Everyone pressed around me to see the pictures.
Synonyms of press

bunch, cluster, crowd, huddle, pile
Words Related to press

assemble, collect, concentrate, congregate, convene, converge, flock, forgather (or foregather), herd, swarm, throng

encircle, mob, surround

embrace, hug
Near Antonyms of press

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)
4 to force one's way
  • We continued to press deeper and deeper into the tangled rain forest.
Synonyms of press

bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, muscle, push, shoulder, squeeze
Words Related to press

ram, shove, thrust
5 to cause (a person) to give in to pressure
  • a manager pressed by a business crisis to return from his vacation ahead of schedule
Synonyms of press

blackjack, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impel, impress, make, muscle, obligate, oblige, pressure, sandbag
Words Related to press

browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, hector, intimidate

blackmail, high-pressure, menace, shame, terrorize, threaten

drag

badger, harass, hound
Phrases Synonymous with press

twist one's arm
Near Antonyms of press

allow, let, permit

argue, convince, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)
6 to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action
  • pressed us to go with them to the school board meeting
Synonyms of press

egg (on), encourage, exhort, goad, nudge, prod, prompt, urge
Words Related to press

drive, propel, spur, stimulate

hurry, hustle, push, rush

adjure, beseech, implore, importune

blandish, cajole, coax, soft-soap, wheedle

high-pressure, nag, needle, pressure

foment, incite, instigate, provoke, stir (up)
Near Antonyms of press

deter, discourage, dissuade

brake, check, constrain, curb, hold back, inhibit, restrain
7 to indicate the importance of by centering attention on
  • an office e-mail that presses the need for greater vigilance concerning building security
Synonyms of press

accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, illuminate, play up, point (up), punctuate, stress
Words Related to press

focus, identify, pinpoint, spotlight

advertise, boost, plug, promote, publicize

overplay
Phrases Synonymous with press

bear down on, make much of
Near Antonyms of press

tone (down), underemphasize, understate

belittle, discount, disparage, minimize
Antonyms of press

de-emphasize, play down

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