| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
Synonyms: |
compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist |
Antonyms: |
smooth, straighten, unfold |
| Main Entry: | wrinkled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creased |
Synonyms: |
crinkled, crumpled, furrowed, lined, rumpled, shriveled, twisted, unironed, unpressed, withered |
Antonyms: |
ironed, pressed, smooth, unwrinkled |
| Main Entry: | wrinkled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creased |
Synonyms: |
cockled, corrugated, folded, furrowed, lined, puckered, rugose, rugous, rumpled, unironed, withered |
Antonyms: |
unwrinkled |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
Synonyms: |
abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
Antonyms: |
amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | corrugated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridged, grooved |
Synonyms: |
channelled, creased, crinkled, crumpled, flexed, fluted, folded, furrowed, puckered, roughened, rumpled, wrinkled |
Antonyms: |
flat, smooth |
| Main Entry: | crease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold, rumple |
Synonyms: |
bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog-ear, double up, plait, pleat, pucker, purse, ridge, ruck up, screw up, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | crimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold or curl |
Synonyms: |
coil, crease, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumple, flow, frizz, pleat, rimple, ruck, screw, scrunch, set, swirl, undulate, wave, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | crinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple, ruffle |
Synonyms: |
cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
Synonyms: |
break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress, smash |
Synonyms: |
beat, bray, break, bruise, buck, comminute, contriturate, contuse, crease, crowd, crumble, crunch, embrace, enfold, express, hug, jam, kablooey, mash, pound, powder, press, pulverize, push, romp, rumple, squash, squeeze, squish, total*, trample, tread, triturate, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
let go, release, uncompress, unwrinkle |