press
- noun (n)
Meaning: people or person working in communications
Synonyms:
columnist
correspondent
editor
fourth estate
interviewer
journalism
journalist
magazine
media
newspaper
newsperson
paper
periodical
photographer
publicist
publisher
reporter
writer
- verb (v)
Meaning: push on with force
Synonyms:
bear down
bear heavily
bulldoze
clasp
compress
condense
constrain
crowd
crush
cumber
depress
embrace
enfold
express
finish
flatten
force down
hold
hug
impel
iron
jam
level
mangle
mash
mass
move
pack
pile
pin down
ram
reduce
scrunch
shove
smooth
squash
squeeze
squish
steam
stuff
thrust
unwrinkle
weigh
Antonyms:
pull
- verb (v)
Meaning: pressure, trouble
Synonyms:
afflict
assail
beg
beset
besiege
buttonhole
come at
compel
constrain
demand
depress
disquiet
enjoin
entreat
exhort
force
harass
implore
importune
insist on
lean on
oppress
petition
plague
plead
pressurize
push
railroad
sadden
sell
squeeze
sue
supplicate
torment
urge
vex
weigh down
work on
worry
Antonyms:
leave alone
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