Synonyms for compress

condense, compact, press together, consolidate, concentrate, squeeze, squeeze together, tighten, cramp, contract, crowd, force into a smaller space, constrict, abbreviate, shrivel, make brief, reduce, dehydrate, pack, shorten, shrink, narrow, abridge, restrict in area, make terse, bind tightly, wrap closely, coagulate, abstract, summarize, epitomize, wedge, press, boil down, ram*, stuff*, cram*; see also concentrate 1, decrease 2, press 1, tighten 1.

Antonyms spread*, stretch, expand. See syn. study at contract.contract.