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Synonyms for squeeze
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  1. squeeze, squeezingnoun

    the act of gripping and pressing firmly

    "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  2. credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeezenoun

    a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

    Synonyms:
    clinch, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, squeezing, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  3. squeezenoun

    a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer

    "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  4. squeezenoun

    (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend

    "she was his main squeeze"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  5. squeeze, wringnoun

    a twisting squeeze

    "gave the wet cloth a wring"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  6. power play, squeeze play, squeezenoun

    an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

    "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, wring, power play, squeezing, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  7. hug, clinch, squeezenoun

    a tight or amorous embrace

    "come here and give me a big hug"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, clench, clamp, power play, squeezing, liquidity crisis, wring, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  8. squeezeverb

    the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space

    "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze"

    Synonyms:
    clinch, squeezing, wring, power play, liquidity crisis, credit crunch, squeeze play, hug

  9. squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeezeverb

    to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

    "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

    Synonyms:
    comminute, twitch, suppress, vanquish, pressure, crush, squish, grind, romance, rack, quell, twinge, splash, dally, hale, beat, press, jam, smash, wring, flirt, force, embrace, crunch, trounce, coquette, shove, thrust, chat up, demolish, butterfly, compress, hug, beat out, tweet, slop, mash, quench, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squash, philander, bosom, pinch, coquet, break down, slosh, coerce, oppress, wedge, squelch, bray, constrict, splosh, gouge, shell

  10. squeezeverb

    press firmly

    "He squeezed my hand"

    Synonyms:
    stuff, embrace, twitch, extort, squelch, hug, force, constrict, wring, hale, rack, coerce, thrust, press, crush, twinge, tweet, shove, pinch, pressure, compress, wedge, bosom, mash, contract, squash, gouge, compact

  11. wedge, squeeze, forceverb

    squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    "I squeezed myself into the corner"

    Synonyms:
    extort, draw, storm, stick, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, lodge, contract, deposit, stuff, squash, compact, pinch, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, constrict

  12. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb

    to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

    "He squeezed her for information"

    Synonyms:
    draw, storm, blackjack, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haul

  13. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb

    obtain by coercion or intimidation

    "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"

    Synonyms:
    pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, gouge, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, extort, stuff, distort, squash, compact, pinch, wring, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrict

  14. thrust, stuff, shove, squeezeverb

    press or force

    "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

    Synonyms:
    extort, pressure, crush, scarf out, lug, rack, twinge, constrict, overindulge, binge, stuff, gouge, tweet, embrace, thrust, gormandize, shove, gormandise, throw, glut, compress, engorge, gourmandize, pig out, ingurgitate, coerce, block, overeat, contract, hale, press, lunge, jostle, hurtle, squash, twitch, bosom, pinch, wring, push up, mash, englut, wedge, hurl, hug, force, choke up, pierce, squelch, compact, farce, overgorge, satiate, gorge

  15. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitchverb

    squeeze tightly between the fingers

    "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

    Synonyms:
    cabbage, hook, pressure, nobble, thrust, clip, rack, sting, hale, filch, twitch, gouge, tweet, top, jerk, force, lift, shove, crimp, abstract, twinge, compress, hug, flip, pilfer, embrace, prick, purloin, snarf, compact, press, extort, stuff, sneak, contract, squash, nip off, bosom, twirp, pinch, swipe, wring, mash, coerce, snip off, wedge, squelch, snip, constrict, crush, vellicate

  16. embrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb

    squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

    "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"

    Synonyms:
    hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, embrace, adopt, force, shove, twinge, compress, tweet, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squash, bosom, pinch, wring, hale, mash, coerce, comprehend, cover, wedge, squelch, constrict, crush

  17. compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, pressverb

    squeeze or press together

    "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"

    Synonyms:
    fight, adjure, weigh, pressure, crush, narrow, thrust, get, rack, cut, pack together, foreshorten, undertake, hale, press, twitch, pack, gouge, tweet, embrace, bundle, agitate, force, pinch, shove, weight-lift, sign up, sign on, twinge, compress, urge, hug, shrink, concentrate, campaign, sign, abridge, reduce, take, condense, contract, iron, crusade, extort, stuff, urge on, beseech, squash, compact, constringe, exhort, wring, mash, coerce, wad, bid, push, bosom, wedge, entreat, shorten, squelch, abbreviate, conjure, constrict, press out, weightlift, iron out

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. choke (verb)

    obstruct one’s throat

    she choked on a tiny fish bone

    Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. squeezeverb

    Synonyms:
    compress, gripe, pinch, nip, press closely

  2. squeezeverb

    Synonyms:
    force (between close bodies), drive

  3. squeezeverb

    Synonyms:
    press, crowd, force a way, urge one's way

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. squeezenoun

    Synonyms:
    compression, pressure, exaction, extortion

  2. squeezeverb

    Synonyms:
    compress, gripe, pinch, oppress, extort, crowd, elbow, press

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "squeeze":

    tighten, compress, compression, shake

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How to use squeeze in a sentence?

  1. Theo Epstein:

    Guilty as charged, the role of the general manager lends itself to thinking about every single thing you can do to squeeze out one more win for your team… You don’t have time to sit back and think about the aesthetic value of the game or even the entertainment value of the game.

  2. Tony Breeze:

    Squeeze every drop from the toothpaste tube of life.

  3. Carl Sandburg:

    Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper until you get the right answer.

  4. Geoff Garin:

    We're seeing an enormous level of cynicism and skepticism about the way that big corporations conduct themselves. Voters think that corporations try to squeeze every penny of profit out of every opportunity, regardless of the consequences.

  5. Vijay Mallya:

    We are still on course to introduce an important step in Silverstone, in the meantime, the team has done well to squeeze more performance from our current package.


Translations for squeeze

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  • عصرArabic
  • serrar, esprémer, apretar, estrènyerCatalan, Valencian
  • zmáčknout, [[vmáčknout]] seCzech
  • trykke, knus, presse, mase, klemme, trangt sted, knugeDanish
  • Klemme, pressen, quetschen, zwängen, Engpass, drückenGerman
  • στριμώχνωGreek
  • apuro, exprimir, crisis, apretarSpanish
  • ahtaa, puristus, ahdistaa, puristaa, rypistys, kaivaaFinnish
  • serrer, tasser, presser, comprimerFrench
  • espremer, apertarGalician
  • faastManx
  • présel, nyom, beprésel, kiprésel, gyömöszöl, zsúfol, összenyomHungarian
  • խցկել, ճզմել, սեղմելArmenian
  • spremere, strizzare, serrare, stringereItalian
  • 絞る, スクイズ, 押し込める, 搾る, 絞り出す, 板挟み, 板挟みにあう, 押す, 抱きしめ, スクイズする, 締め付ける, 拓本, ギュッとするJapanese
  • comprimōLatin
  • mamotsitraMalagasy
  • ramiMāori
  • ညှစ်Burmese
  • persen, drukken, klemmen, knijpenDutch
  • ałchʼįʼjiinihNavajo, Navaho
  • sarrarOccitan
  • ficante, espremer, apertarPortuguese
  • schmatgear, smatger, smaccar, schmacher, schmachar, smatgarRomansh
  • strânge, stoarceRomanian
  • вти́скивать, вы́жать, пожатие, сда́вливать, выда́вливать, сти́снуть, сдави́ть, сжать, сти́скивать, впихну́ть, вти́снуть, сжима́ть, выжима́ть, впи́хивать, вы́давитьRussian
  • tripiare, atipriare, ispremiare, tirpiare, tilpiare, tropiare, trupiareSardinian
  • shtrëngojAlbanian
  • klapp, knipa, tränga, dra, slita, kläm, klämma, krama, kram, lirkaSwedish

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