(op-press) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to keep someone down by force or unfair treatment.

Example Sentence

Some governments oppress their people.

More Example Sentences

Many stories show how to fight oppression.

Synonyms

subjugate; persecute; burden

Antonyms

liberate; free; release

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Rhymes

  • bess
  • besse
  • bless
  • bress
  • bresse
  • ches
  • chess
  • cress
  • crests
  • dress
  • es
  • ess
  • esse
  • fess
  • fests
  • gess
  • gless
  • gress
  • guess
  • guests'
  • guests
  • hess
  • hesse
  • jess
  • kess
  • kless
  • kness
  • kress
  • kresse
  • les
  • less
  • mess
  • nes
  • ness
  • pesce
  • pless
  • press
  • press'
  • presse
  • ques
  • ress
  • s
  • s.
  • stress
  • tess
  • tress
  • vess
  • wes
  • yes

  • address
  • aggress
  • assess
  • attests
  • bequests
  • caress
  • compress
  • confess
  • contests
  • depress
  • digests
  • digress
  • distress
  • divests
  • egress
  • ellesse
  • etess
  • excess
  • express
  • express'
  • finesse
  • fluoresce
  • forbess
  • fs
  • impress
  • infests
  • invests
  • l'express
  • largesse
  • ls
  • lutece
  • lyness
  • molests
  • noblesse
  • obsess
  • oppress
  • possess
  • profess
  • progress
  • protests
  • recess
  • redress
  • regress
  • repress
  • requests
  • retests
  • siese
  • simplesse
  • success
  • suggests
  • suppress
  • transgress
  • ts
  • undress
  • unless
  • us
  • vs

  • abs
  • acquiesce
  • ccs
  • coalesce
  • convalesce
  • cps
  • cus
  • dispossess
  • dss
  • ers
  • ins
  • las
  • lcs
  • nonetheless
  • oas
  • pos
  • reassess
  • reinvests
  • repossess
  • uss
  • uys

  • abts
  • adss
  • cmos
  • hces
  • kjos
  • nevertheless
  • stds
  • tcas
  • ws