Synonyms for squash
skwɒʃ, skwɔʃ

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. squash, squash vine(noun)

   any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits

   Synonyms:
   squash racquets, squash vine, squash rackets

2. squash(noun)

   edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable

   Synonyms:
   squash racquets, squash vine, squash rackets

3. squash, squash racquets, squash rackets(verb)

   a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets

   Synonyms:
   squash racquets, squash vine, squash rackets

4. squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze(verb)

   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, squeeze, philander, bosom, pinch, coquet, break down, slosh, coerce, oppress, wedge, squelch, bray, constrict, splosh, gouge, shell

Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. squash(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   crush

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "squash":

   racquetball, lemon, crush

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1. Marie-France Kern:

   Pumpkins first originated in Central America and Mexico. Winter squash are native to northern Argentina, near the Andes. Over many years these gourds have become a favorite of home gardeners due to their hardiness, productivity, and versatility in the kitchen.

2. Maryam Peter from Pambla village:

   They provide raw rice to cook, the rice that they stole from the shops. They provide a kettle and ... scarves to cover up the women, people are going hungry. They are only feeding on corn and squash. No meat, nothing like that. The insurgents are not providing anything else.

3. Daniel Sandweiss:

   Humans have such a large and sometimes unexpected influence on economies and ecosystems, the squash we have today are remaining representatives of this genus of plant which otherwise would have been in trouble for survival because of the changing landscape.

4. Chris Christie:

   John McCain was far more irascible and tactless in his campaign style than Christie has been and he was not known as a bully, maybe it's just because of Chris Christie's size -- he looks like a guy who could just squash you!

5. Mary Ann Mendoza -RRB-:

   They don’t even want to look us in the face, they avoid us at all costs, it would squash their agenda and what they are trying to achieve; they want to act like it doesn’t even exist and that’s why so many of us keep fighting.

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