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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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