Synonyms for compression
kəmˈprɛʃ əncom·pres·sion

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1. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rarefaction, decompression

2. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   decompression, rarefaction

3. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rarefaction, decompression

4. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   decompression, rarefaction

5. compressionnoun

   Antonyms:
   rarefaction, decompression

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compression

   Synonyms:
   brevity, compactness, conciseness, condensation, directness, plainness, shortness, succinctness, terseness

   Antonyms:
   circumlocution, diffuseness, periphrasis, pleonasm, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, surplusage, tautology, tediousness, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compaction, compression, concretion, densificationnoun

   an increase in the density of something

   Synonyms:
   densification, condensation, compressing, coalescence, crush, calculus, concretion, coalition, compaction, crunch, conglutination, contraction, coalescency

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

2. compression, 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, condensing

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

3. compressionnoun

   encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

   Synonyms:
   compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contraction

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

4. compression, compressingnoun

   applying pressure

   Synonyms:
   compressing, condensation, concretion, compaction, densification, contraction

   Antonyms:
   decompression, decompressing

Matched Categories

1. • Concentration
   • Encoding
   • Pressure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   condensation, pressing together

2. compressionnoun

   Synonyms:
   brevity, terseness, succinctness, pithiness

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1. List of paraphrases for "compression":

   compressive, compress, compressor, compressed, compressing, suppression, squeeze, downsizing, retrenchment

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How to use compression in a sentence?

1. Peter Kenny:

   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.

2. Tauya Nenguke:

   I know this guy was out, i didn't know how long, I just started chest compression immediately.

3. Ryan Helbach:

   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.

4. Fed Chair Janet Yellen:

   I would highlight that equity market valuations at this point generally are quite high, there are potential dangers there... We've also seen the compression of spreads on high-yield debt, which certainly looks like a reach for yield type of behavior.

5. Jason Woosley:

   We've got a shorter holiday selling season, that's creating a compression effect.