SQUEEZES Synonyms: 193 Similar and Opposite Words

squeezes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of squeeze

as in crushes

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

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as in crams

to fit (people or things) into a tight space I think we can squeeze a bit more into the washing machine

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as in earns

to get with great difficulty managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses

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as in compresses

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

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as in plucks

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence

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as in pushes

to force one's way I was able to squeeze through the people clustered around the luggage carousel

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squeezes

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noun

plural of squeeze

as in darlings

slang a person with whom one is in love she and her main squeeze are spending Valentine's Day at a romantic country inn

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Recent Examples of squeezes

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That not only squeezes consumers' budgets, but also hits businesses hard, especially those which are heavily dependent on fuel. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 That not only squeezes consumers’ budgets, but also hits businesses hard, especially those that are heavily dependent on fuel. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Pair chin tucks with shoulder blade squeezes to counteract the forward hunch. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Shoulder blade squeezes, pulling the shoulder blades together and holding for a few seconds, counteract the forward hunch that builds up during long screen sessions. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026 Her tight smile squeezes tiny tears into the corners of her eyes. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 Ghiggia gallops in from the right and squeezes a finish in at the near post to win the cup for Uruguay in the Maracana. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026 As a result, food inflation squeezes the amount of money people have left over to buy things like Levi's jeans and plane tickets, which brings us to our next earnings preview. — Zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026 One of our favorite budget models on the market right now is HP's OmniBook X Flip, which squeezes every bit of performance out of its components to deliver capable everyday productivity performance in a good-looking package. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026

Noun

This summer, find citrus scents that range from bracingly tart yuzu to soft, floral squeezes of orange blossom and bergamot. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 June 2026 With the apparel market forecast to grow 2-4 percent per year between 2023 and 2028—a steep falloff from the 7–14 percent seen during the post-Covid recovery—executives are homing in on more immediate budget squeezes. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 6 May 2026 That limits the ability for unexpected good news to trigger short squeezes that send the stock flying. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 First, they are set up for serious short squeezes because the surrounding verbiage is so toxic. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026 There had only been six previous go-ahead late-inning squeezes — by the Giants in the 2014 NLCS, the Nationals in the 2014 NLDS, the Yankees in the 1996 ALDS, the Mets in the 1969 World Series, the Red Sox in the 1918 World Series and the Braves in the 1914 World Series. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 Using your hands, give the leaves 2 to 3 aggressive squeezes. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025 Simple exercises, such as ball squeezes, towel twists, dead hangs, and farmers' carries, can build grip strength using everyday items or basic equipment. — Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025 Worst of all, thanks to sporadic bouts of spot alopecia, too many squeezes of a lash curler and irritating makeup removal can spark a lash shed for me. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeezes

Verb

As a symbol for the movie’s complex duality, Damon crushes his role.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Every minute that a kid sits bored in a classroom crushes their desire.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of crushes

Verb

Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything.

— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026

Definition of crams

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In addition, England earns a larger share of the tournament prize money — $2 million more — with the third-place team taking home $29 million and the fourth-place team getting $27 million.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
Recommendation capital is the cumulative trust a company earns when customers, employees, partners and communities voluntarily advocate on its behalf.

— Janita Pannu, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of earns

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Being an 80% keyboard, the MQ80 has the exact same number as tenkeyless, but IQUNIX compresses the layout, shifting the arrow keys, delete, home, end, page up and page down and others to the right.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
That's a fundamental disagreement about the future of the sport, and this early opening date compresses the number of days available for the two sides to find a compromise.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of compresses

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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.

— Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

Definition of plucks

Verb

But the Mavericks would prefer to trade Thompson than buy him out, and that could delay or eliminate this option for Miami unless Thompson pushes for a buyout in the weeks ahead, something that remains a possibility.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
The backward-looking sound sometimes pushes the band toward exciting switch-ups.

— Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of pushes

Verb

Simultaneously rendering the past less remote while relishing its radical foreignness, Beard presses readers to grapple with alien ideas, reckon with gaps in their knowledge, and confront complexity.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
In a manual activation, the officer presses a button on the camera to start the recording.

— Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 15 July 2026

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