press - English Synonyms Dictionary

press

v.
[1] subject to/exert pressure/force , force , push , impel , thrust , bear (on) , weigh on/upon , jam , cram , crush , pressure/(Brit) pressurize
[2] squeeze , compress , depress , push
[3] squeeze , crush , compress , mash
[4] iron , smooth , flatten , put through a mangle , steam
[5] clasp , embrace , hug , hold (close/tight(ly) , take in one's arms , throw one's arms about/around , cleave to , (Archaic) clip
[6] constrain , urge , force , pressure , compel , demand , persuade , induce , prod , provoke , importune , beseech , ask , request , beg , entreat
[7] crowd , flock , gather , mill , swarm , throng , seethe , cluster , congregate , meet , converge , huddle
[8] urge , urge on , exhort
[9] weigh
[10] compress , constrict , squeeze , compact , contract
[11] crusade , fight , campaign , push , agitate
[12] press out
[13] push
[14] iron , iron out
[15] weight-lift , weightlift
[16] bid , beseech , entreat , adjure , conjure
n.
[1] imperativeness , insistence , insistency , pressure
[2] public press
[3] printing press
[4] crush , jam
[5] wardrobe , closet
[6] mechanical press
[7] military press , crowding , gathering , thronging , converging , convergence , crowd , throng , swarm , cluster , huddle , pack , herd , host , multitude , horde , mob , crush
[8] urgency , pressure , pressing , haste , hurry , hustle , bustle , pressure , stress
[9] the press , newspapers , the papers , Fleet Street , the fourth estate , the media , the wire/news services , broadcasting , television , radio newspaper people , newspapermen/newspaperwomen , newsmen/newswomen , reporters , correspondents , ladies/gentlemen of the press , journalists , commentators , paparazzi , (Brit) leader-writers , (US) editorial writers , (Colloq) news-hounds , (Brit) journos