Synonyms of squeezed

squeezed 1 of 2

adjective

as in pressed

Related Words

• pressed
• crushed
• massed
• crammed
• jammed
• overcrowded
• packed
• compressed
• crowded
• dense
• compacted
• tight
• wall-to-wall
• congested
• condensed
• compact
• airtight
• close
• snug
• serried
• thick
• jam-packed
• solid
• impervious
• firm
• impermeable
• hard
• impenetrable

Dissimilar Words

• open
• loose
• airy
• spacious
• uncrowded
• roomy
• commodious

squeezed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of squeeze

1

as in crushed

to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of

kept squeezing the bottle until the ketchup squirted all over the table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crushed
• pressed
• mashed
• expressed
• extracted
• reamed
• pureed
• extruded
• pulped

2

as in crammed

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crammed
• stuffed
• wedged
• jammed
• loaded
• packed
• sandwiched
• rammed
• crowded
• crushed
• shoehorned
• filled
• heaped
• jam-packed

3

as in earned

to get with great difficulty

managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earned
• wrung
• obtained
• scrounged
• eked (out)
• scraped (up or together)
• wrested
• procured
• secured
• acquired
• attained
• gained
• drew
• landed

4

as in compressed

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together

squeezed the blanket until it fit into the box

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compressed
• condensed
• packed
• crammed
• consolidated
• collapsed
• constricted
• compacted
• contracted
• narrowed (down)
• telescoped
• simplified
• capsuled
• constringed
• shortened
• jammed
• capsulized
• crowded
• curtailed
• shrank
• decreased
• abbreviated
• concentrated
• abridged
• jam-packed
• downsized
• boiled down
• diminished
• streamlined
• lessened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened
• expanded
• outstretched
• scattered
• dispersed
• dissipated
• dilated
• decompressed
• outspread
• swelled
• inflated
• distended

5

as in plucked

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucked
• hustled
• cheated
• stung
• stuck
• screwed
• beat
• bled
• deceived
• reamed
• did
• fiddled
• shortchanged
• exploited
• tricked
• stiffed
• victimized
• shorted
• diddled
• suckered
• fleeced
• swindled
• defrauded
• skinned
• bilked
• chiseled
• ripped off
• wrenched
• gaffed
• mulcted
• conned
• shook down
• rooked
• cozened
• hosed
• euchred
• flimflammed
• betrayed
• nobbled
• fooled
• clipped
• choused
• extorted
• skunked
• thimblerigged
• did in
• wrung
• took for a ride
• gouged
• soaked
• milked
• took to the cleaners
• wrested
• nicked
• sold a bill of goods to
• overcharged
• duped
• gulled
• bitched
• double-crossed
• bamboozled
• roped (in)
• fast-talked

6

as in pushed

to force one's way

I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushed
• shoved
• jammed
• pressed
• jostled
• elbowed
• crashed
• bored
• muscled
• shouldered
• thrust
• bulldozed
• bulled
• rammed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of squeezed

Verb

Silver is now in its fifth straight year of structural deficit, squeezed by solar, electric vehicles, and the hardware powering AI. — Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Affordability does not improve when Washington adds trillions to the debt while working families are still getting squeezed. — Terry Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Global oil supplies have been squeezed because about 20% of the world’s crude is transited through the strait on a typical day. — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

The generous size lets everyone spread out (no more feeling squeezed together), while the square arms and clean-lined design keep the look simple. — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026

As residents, activists, farmers and journalists squeezed and jostled through the crowd, holding court in one corner was Budd-Falen, the high-ranking official with the Interior Department. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Palace squeezed through 1-0 on aggregate against Norwegian side Fredrikstad and Chelsea edged past Swiss team Servette 3-2 on aggregate at the same stage of their respective triumphs in the competition. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

As the industry frets about consolidation, the slow decline of entertainment on broadcast TV in favor of live sports is yet another way Hollywood’s creative class is getting squeezed. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026

Maybe there’s still hope for a new morning, for clouds that cluster like ripe grapes which, when squeezed, will release from the heavens the sweet streams of enchanted days. — Ingeborg Bachmann, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026