SQUEEZES Synonyms: 193 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Verb

George pounds, folds, and squeezes the dough as Minicuci watches. — HubSpot, 30 Oct. 2026 When the user presses their finger on the part of the patch that contains the wet fabric, the pressure squeezes the water out of the material, down one of the microfluidic channels, and into the foaming agent chamber. — Ben Coxworth october 23, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 In the aerodynamic phenomenon known as ground effect, proximity to that surface squeezes air beneath a craft’s wings to reduce drag and boost lift, with far less propulsive power required than for high-altitude flight. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026 But the strain extends across the Global South, where developing nations struggle with a prolonged energy crisis that disproportionately squeezes the planet’s most deprived. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026 Meta squeezes two independent light-guiding cores into a single standard glass strand to double its bandwidth. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 Long before the lucky pregame butt squeezes or the messages written on the back of Haley Cavinder's pants or even taking the heat for Jake Ferguson's bad game, there was the classic shooter taking his shot. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 But as the Iran war squeezes Republicans ahead of the midterms, Democrats are aligning to call for the defense secretary’s ouster or resignation. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 That wrestling match itself, however, makes for compelling theater about as often as the camel squeezes through the needle. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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Despite a growing pool of paying members, insurers face severe profit squeezes and operational strains that are reshaping how care is delivered in the Sunshine State. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 Prices keep climbing Supply squeezes have led to soaring prices worldwide. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 And yet each leg up in the market heightens the risk of more Situational Awareness-like squeezes, and of individualized distress giving way to a broader bust. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Heightened demand causes volatility, which often leads to short squeezes. — David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeezes

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In Zvyagintsev’s film, the state machine, rather than protect the individual, crushes him.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The head crushes and smashes of so much yesteryear horror often tended to be funny, even if not intentionally so.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of crushes

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Then there’s the Tesseract, which takes the scooter formula and crams it with an almost unreasonable amount of technology.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
Neutron stars are considered so extreme because the process that creates them crams between one and two times the mass of the sun down into a sphere with a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers).

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of crams

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The coolness of Bond and the DB5 are forever wed, and that earns the car the top spot here.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
As American Airlines earns substantial profits from its Charlotte hub, advocates said the workers who keep it running should receive a fair share.

— Chase Jordan October 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of earns

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Trump sometimes plucks memes from a sprawling ecosystem of online conservative supporters, and sometimes his government staff produces them as part of their official messaging.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of plucks

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With the street protests contained, that pushes the economic issue—the protesters want more spending and fewer cuts, which the bond market is unlikely to tolerate—into next April’s elections.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
When a developer pushes code, Pando stores the incoming Git packfile in cloud object storage.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of pushes

Noun

Today, the Mexico City GP is recognized as one of the Formula 1 circuit’s intercontinental darlings.

— Alan Chazaro, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026
The Gators went from the darlings of college football to deservedly unranked in just a few weeks after an embarrassing blowout loss at home to South Carolina.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of darlings

Verb

The dispute unfolds as Russia intensifies attacks across Ukraine and as Kyiv presses Western allies for more interceptors, while new diplomatic efforts seek to end the war.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
When the user presses their finger on the part of the patch that contains the wet fabric, the pressure squeezes the water out of the material, down one of the microfluidic channels, and into the foaming agent chamber.

— Ben Coxworth October 23, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026