compression | Definition of compression

Synonyms and Antonyms of compression

the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing

the compression of a long, complicated story into a two-hour movie is never easy

Synonyms of compression

compacting, compaction, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, squeeze, squeezing, telescoping

Words Related to compression

abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, shortening

concentration, consolidation

simplification, streamlining

decreasing, diminishment, lessening

Near Antonyms of compression

dilation, dispersion, dissipation, scattering

distension (or distention), inflation, swelling

Antonyms of compression

decompression, expansion