decompress

Other forms of decompress

past tense

decompressed·

present participle

decompressing·

third person

decompresses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about decompress

What does decompress mean?

decompress means "restore to its uncompressed form". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decompress?

decompress has 3 syllables and divides as de-com-press under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for decompress?

Close synonyms include uncompress, depressurize, depressurise, relax, loosen up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of decompress?

The recorded antonyms are compress.

Is decompress a common word?

decompress is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.