Press definition

Press as a verb

1. exert pressure or force to or upon

   "He pressed down on the boards"

2. force or impel in an indicated direction

   Same sense: urge on, urge, exhort

3. to be oppressive or burdensome

   "Something pressed on his mind"

   Same sense: weigh

4. place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

   "pressed flowers"

5. squeeze or press together

   Same sense: contract, compact, squeeze, compress, constrict

6. crowd closely

   "The crowds pressed along the street"

7. create by pressing

   "Press little holes into the soft clay"

8. be urgent

   "This is a pressing problem"

9. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

   Same sense: fight, campaign, push, crusade, agitate

10. press from a plastic

    "press a record"

    Same sense: press out

11. make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

    Same sense: push

12. press and smooth with a heated iron

    "press your shirts"

    Same sense: iron, iron out

13. lift weights

    "This guy can press 300 pounds"

    Same sense: weight-lift, weightlift

14. ask for or request earnestly

    Same sense: bid, conjure, beseech, entreat, adjure

Press as a noun

15. the state of demanding notice or attention

    "the press of business matters"

    Same sense: pressure, insistence, insistency, imperativeness

16. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

    Same sense: public press

17. a machine used for printing

    Same sense: printing press

18. a dense crowd of people

    Same sense: crush, jam

19. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

    Same sense: closet, wardrobe

20. clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

21. any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

    Same sense: mechanical press

22. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

    Same sense: military press

23. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

    "he gave the button a press"

    Same sense: pressure, pressing

Synonyms and antonyms

• urge on
• urge
• exhort
• weigh
• contract
• compact
• squeeze
• compress
• constrict
• fight definition
• campaign
• push
• crusade
• agitate
• press out
• iron
• iron out
• weight-lift
• weightlift
• bid
• conjure
• beseech
• entreat
• adjure

How to say press

Press has 1 syllable and rhymes with yes. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with press

• yes
• less
• process
• guess
• success
• access
• unless
• address
• progress
• dress
• stress
• express

PRESS in word games

Scrabble

7

Words With Friends

8

Anagrams

0

Is PRESS a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PRESS in the word checker, or unscramble PRESS to see the shorter words in its letters.