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squash - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: squash
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compress
Synonyms: annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, flatten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, smash, squeeze, squish, suppress, trample, triturate, sit on, stamp on
Notes: quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze
Antonyms: fan, open, uncompress
Main Entry: belittle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: detract
Synonyms: bad-mouth, blister, criticize, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, downgrade, downplay, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, put down, rip*, roast*, run down, scorch*, scorn, slam*, smear, sour grapes, squash*, squelch, take down, tear down*, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut down to size, cut to the quick, dispraise, dump on, pooh pooh, poor mouth, scoff at, shoot down*, shoot full of holes, sneer at, take a swipe at, take down a peg
Antonyms: build up, exaggerate, praise, value
Main Entry: compress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compact, condense
Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope
Antonyms: blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense
Main Entry: crowd
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cram, press into area
Synonyms: bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish*, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop
Antonyms: abandon, leave, retreat
Main Entry: delete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erase, remove
Synonyms: annul, black out, cancel, clean, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out, X-out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil*, clean up, cross out, pass up
Antonyms: add, put in
Main Entry: eradicate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: destroy; remove
Synonyms: abate, abolish, annihilate, demolish, do away with, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, off*, purge, raze, rub out*, scratch*, scrub, squash, stamp out*, total, trash, uproot, waste, wipe out*, blot out*, deracinate, mow down, root out*, shoot down, take out*, torpedo*, unroot, wash out, weed out
Antonyms: aid, assist, bear, create, establish, fix, help, institute, plant
Main Entry: expurgate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: censor, cut
Synonyms: blip*, cleanse, decontaminate, purge, purify, sanitize, screen, scrub*, squash, sterilize, bleep, bleep out, blue pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, lustrate
Antonyms: allow, permit
Main Entry: flatten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: level out
Synonyms: abrade, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, lay, plane, plaster*, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, squash, straighten, subdue, trample, beat down, even out, knock down, lay low, mow down, spread out
Antonyms: break, elevate, raise, round, make uneven
Main Entry: horde
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: uncontrolled throng, pack
Synonyms: band, crew, crowd, crush, drove, gang, gathering, host, jam, mob, multitude, press, push, squash, swarm, troop, turnout, everybody, wall-to-wall
Main Entry: humble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shame, put down
Synonyms: abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down*, put away*, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash*, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down*, upset
Antonyms: build up, praise, promote
Main Entry: humiliate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: embarrass, put down
Synonyms: abase, abash, base, blister, break, bring down*, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, mortify, pan, play down, put to shame, rip*, run down*, shame, slam*, smear, snub, squash*, subdue, take down*, tear down*, vanquish, wither, bemean, bring low, cast down, cut down to size, make a fool of, make ashamed, put out of countenance, shoot down*, take down a peg
Antonyms: build up, elevate, laud, praise
Main Entry: hush up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: keep secret
Synonyms: conceal, cover, smother, squash, stifle, suppress, burke, cover up, keep dark, sit on
Antonyms: reveal, tell
Main Entry: jam
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: squeeze in; compress
Synonyms: bear, bind, block, cease, clog, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, throng, wad, wedge, congest, jam-pack, tamp
Main Entry: muzzle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: gag, quiet
Synonyms: bottle up*, censor, check, choke, cork, curb, hush, ice*, muffle, prevent, repress, restrain, restrict, shut down, silence, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stop, suppress, trammel, clamp down on, crack down on, dry up*, dummy up, quieten, shush, tongue-tie
Antonyms: free, liberate, let go
Main Entry: nullify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cancel, revoke
Synonyms: abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, ax, compensate, confine, counteract, counterbalance, invalidate, kill*, limit, negate, neutralize, offset, quash*, renege, repeal, rescind, restrict, scratch*, scrub*, squash*, stamp out*, trash*, undo, veto, vitiate, void, wipe out*, zap*, blue pencil, bring to naught, call all bets off, countervail, disannul, forget it, nig, render null and void, renig, take out*, torpedo*, wash out*
Antonyms: affirm, pass, sanctify, validate
Main Entry: obliterate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: destroy
Synonyms: annihilate, ax*, black out*, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in*, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, knock off*, knock out*, level*, liquidate, nix*, obscure, off, ravage, rub out*, scratch, scrub, sink, smash, squash, total*, trash*, waste, wipe out*, zap*, KO, X-out, blot out*, blue pencil, finish off*, mark out, root out*, rub off, shoot down, take apart, take out*, torpedo*, wash out*, wipe off face of earth
Antonyms: build, construct, create
Main Entry: pulp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mash, pulverize
Synonyms: bruise, coagulate, crush, macerate, squash, triturate, gelatinate
Main Entry: quiet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make silent, calm
Synonyms: allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button one's lip, calm down, can it, choke, clam up, compose, console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice*, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize
Antonyms: turn up
Main Entry: scrunch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crumple
Synonyms: compress, crunch, rumple, squash, squeeze, crumple up
Main Entry: squeeze
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pressure, crushing
Synonyms: clasp, clutch, congestion, crowd, crunch, crush, embrace, force, hold, hug, influence, jam, press, restraint, squash, handclasp
Antonyms: opening
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