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Synonyms for compression
kəmˈprɛʃ əncom·pres·sion
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Wiktionary
compressionnoun
Antonyms:
rarefaction, decompressioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
decompression, rarefactioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
rarefaction, decompressioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
decompression, rarefactioncompressionnoun
Antonyms:
rarefaction, decompression
English Synonyms and Antonyms
compression
Synonyms:
brevity, compactness, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, tersenessAntonyms:
circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness
Princeton's WordNet
compaction, compression, concretion, densificationnoun
an increase in the density of something
Synonyms:
densification, condensation, compressing, coalescence, crush, calculus, concretion, coalition, compaction, crunch, conglutination, contraction, coalescencyAntonyms:
decompression, decompressingcompression, condensation, contractionnoun
the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
"the contraction of a gas on cooling"
Synonyms:
densification, abridgement, condensation, compressing, abridgment, capsule, concretion, compaction, muscle contraction, condensate, muscular contraction, contraction, condensingAntonyms:
decompression, decompressingcompressionnoun
encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
Synonyms:
compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contractionAntonyms:
decompression, decompressingcompression, compressingnoun
applying pressure
Synonyms:
compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contractionAntonyms:
decompression, decompressing
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
compressionnoun
Synonyms:
condensation, pressing togethercompressionnoun
Synonyms:
brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "compression":
compressive, compress, compressor, compressed, compressing, suppression, squeeze, downsizing, retrenchment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5314 | coalition | |
#5864 | compression | |
#6694 | compressed | |
#11697 | calculus | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#13024 | capsule | |
#13156 | compressor | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#18732 | crunch | |
#19418 | contraction | |
#19529 | compress | |
#24556 | condensation | |
#33811 | compaction | |
#34445 | condensate | |
#36633 | downsizing | |
#37194 | condensing | |
#37781 | shortness | |
#40572 | compressing | |
#41093 | brevity | |
#41819 | compressive | |
#59430 | compactness | |
#75551 | retrenchment | |
#83290 | coalescence | |
#93289 | directness | |
#132731 | densification | |
#134784 | abridgment | |
#137337 | abridgement | |
#141473 | conciseness | |
#190108 | plainness | |
#252824 | concretion | |
#305389 | succinctness |
How to use compression in a sentence?
You are seeing the trade narratives hammered, or at least running into some significant headwinds and as a result you are seeing compression in valuations there.
There were a lot of issues related to this very large tumor in the abdomen. She can't eat, she can't walk, and there are problems related to potential complications with this large mass compressing the venous system, she was at very high risk of developing blood clots because of compression of the blood flow.
There are no moving parts in the flow path, so that means there are no compressor blades to suck in the air, so we need something to get us up to above Mach 4 in order to get the compression into the engine.
The CPI number being stronger than expected has led to further weakness in tech stocks, tech investors are concerned that higher rates are going to lead to multiple compression and less attractive valuations for tech names in a higher rate environment.
The selloff last week was an over reaction and the attempted rally was too fast and furious, i think the compression of time and speed of Wunderlich Equity Capital Markets causes the pendulum to swing too far on every move we make.
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