The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

traditionalist, (old) fogy or fogey, die-hard; outsider; Colloq
stuffed shirt, fuddy-duddy, US longhair, L-7, Slang US nerd,
dweeb: My parents did not understand me - they were real old
squares.
--v. 10 stiffen, throw back, straighten (up), tense: I squared
my shoulders and prepared for the worst. 11 Usually, square
with. meet, match (with), conform to or with, obey, correspond
to or with, tally with, accord with, agree with, reconcile with
or to: These activities do not square with the plans set out by
the directors. 12 adapt, adjust, change, modify, harmonize,
accommodate, arrange, comply with, fit: Ronald was unable to
square his beliefs with what they were teaching him at the
seminary. 13 settle, arrange, come to terms, patch up, clear up,
satisfy, fix: Don't worry about the customs officials - I'll
square it with them later on.
squawk v. 1 cackle, screech, shriek, yell, yowl, whoop, hoot, scream,
call, cry: The parrot kept squawking 'Where is the treasure?
Where is the treasure?' 2 complain, grumble, whine, grouse,
protest, object, (make a) fuss, yap, yowl, Slang bellyache,
bitch, kick, beef, gripe, kick up a fuss: Oh, stop squawking
and get on with your work!
--n. 3 complaint, grouse, grumble, protest, Colloq kick, beef,
gripe: If you have a squawk, take it up with the sergeant.
squeamish adj. 1 dainty, delicate, prudish, punctilious, demanding,
critical, exacting, difficult, fussy, scrupulous, fastidious,
meticulous, painstaking, finicky or finical, Colloq persnickety
or pernickety, fuddy-duddy: The museum directors were too
squeamish to put on an exhibition of nudes. 2 nauseous,
qualmish, easily disgusted or revolted or nauseated: Sam was
too squeamish to watch open-heart surgery on the TV.
squeeze v. 1 press, compress, compact, crush, squash, wring, pinch,
nip, grip, tweak: Each morning Anne squeezes an orange to make
fresh juice for Edgar. Everyone knows that squeezing the nose
between the thumb and forefinger means that something smells. 2
extract, wrest, exact, extort, milk, wrench, pry (out), tear,
Colloq bleed: It is doubtful that they will be able to squeeze
a contribution out of old Scrooge. 3 milk, Colloq shake down,
bleed, lean on, put the screws to, put the squeeze on, twist