Synonyms of squeezing

squeezing 1 of 2

noun

as in squeeze

the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing

the tight squeezing of his hands on hers made her face turn red

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeeze
• condensing
• compression
• contracting
• contraction
• condensation
• constricting
• consolidation
• constriction
• compacting
• telescoping
• compaction
• concentration
• shortening
• decreasing
• curtailment
• streamlining
• abridgment
• abbreviation
• abridgement
• lessening
• simplification
• diminishment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expansion
• scattering
• dispersion
• swelling
• decompression
• dissipation
• inflation
• dilation
• distention
• distension

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• expansion
• scattering
• dispersion
• swelling
• decompression
• dissipation
• inflation
• dilation
• distention
• distension

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squeezing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of squeeze

1

as in crushing

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

• crushing
• pressing
• mashing
• extracting
• expressing
• reaming
• pureeing
• extruding
• puréeing
• pulping

2

as in cramming

to fit (people or things) into a tight space

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cramming
• wedging
• stuffing
• jamming
• loading
• crowding
• packing
• ramming
• sandwiching
• crushing
• shoehorning
• filling
• jam-packing
• heaping

3

as in earning

to get with great difficulty

managed to squeeze a living by cleaning houses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earning
• wringing
• scrounging
• obtaining
• wresting
• procuring
• acquiring
• securing
• attaining
• drawing
• gaining
• scraping (up or together)
• eking (out)
• landing

4

as in compressing

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

• compressing
• condensing
• packing
• consolidating
• cramming
• collapsing
• constricting
• contracting
• compacting
• simplifying
• telescoping
• constringing
• capsulizing
• crowding
• shortening
• capsuling
• shrinking
• jamming
• curtailing
• downsizing
• decreasing
• narrowing (down)
• abridging
• concentrating
• jam-packing
• abbreviating
• streamlining
• diminishing
• boiling down
• lessening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expanding
• opening
• dispersing
• decompressing
• dissipating
• inflating
• distending
• dilating
• scattering
• swelling
• outspreading
• outstretching

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• expanding
• opening
• dispersing
• decompressing
• dissipating
• inflating
• distending
• dilating
• scattering
• swelling
• outspreading
• outstretching

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5

as in plucking

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

the mob squeezes all the local merchants by threatening violence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucking
• sticking
• hustling
• screwing
• stinging
• doing
• cheating
• beating
• bleeding
• exploiting
• tricking
• chiseling
• reaming
• fleecing
• defrauding
• fiddling
• shortchanging
• hosing
• deceiving
• bilking
• victimizing
• swindling
• stiffing
• diddling
• gaffing
• shorting
• suckering
• mulcting
• conning
• fooling
• rooking
• betraying
• extorting
• skinning
• chiselling
• shaking down
• wrenching
• thimblerigging
• wringing
• ripping off
• euchring
• nobbling
• cozening
• milking
• chousing
• gouging
• soaking
• flimflamming
• clipping
• wresting
• doing in
• nicking
• taking for a ride
• taking to the cleaners
• overcharging
• skunking
• selling a bill of goods to
• duping
• gulling
• bitching
• bamboozling
• double-crossing
• roping (in)
• fast-talking

6

as in pushing

to force one's way

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushing
• shoving
• jamming
• pressing
• jostling
• elbowing
• crashing
• thrusting
• shouldering
• muscling
• boring
• bulldozing
• ramming
• bulling