COMPRESSING Antonyms

• act of expanding by lengthening or widening

• exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent

• become wider

• cause to expand as if by internal pressure

• swell from or as if from internal pressure

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

• become inflated

• restore to its uncompressed form

• decrease the pressure of

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• extend in one or more directions

• become larger in size or volume or quantity

• make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity

• grow vigorously

• exaggerate or make bigger

• add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

• expand the influence of

• make longer

• become long or longer

• restore to its uncompressed form