Synonyms of high-pressure

high-pressure 1 of 2

adjective

ˈhī-ˈpre-shər 

as in aggressive

having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal

a high-pressure salesman who wouldn't take "no" for an answer

"for a limited time only" and other standbys of high-pressure advertising

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• ambitious
• fierce
• vigorous
• in-your-face
• adventurous
• militant
• energetic
• assertive
• pushy
• enterprising
• confident
• dynamic
• daring
• go-getting
• combative
• self-assertive
• warlike
• pugnacious
• strenuous
• belligerent
• contentious
• bellicose
• self-asserting
• bold
• gladiatorial
• hustling
• hyperaggressive
• quarrelsome
• argumentative
• emphatic
• truculent
• trigger-happy
• gung ho
• disputatious
• overambitious
• domineering
• determined
• obtrusive
• brassy
• bumptious
• gutsy
• discordant
• adventuresome
• impudent
• feisty
• cocky
• overconfident
• dominating
• unapologetic
• venturous
• bare-knuckles
• insolent
• dashing
• cheeky
• unyielding
• overbearing
• emboldened
• brash
• audacious
• scrappy
• venturesome
• cocksure
• bare-knuckled
• magisterial
• forward
• bare-knuckle
• imperious
• presumptuous
• unsubdued
• lordly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• low-pressure
• unassertive
• unambitious
• nonassertive
• unaggressive
• easygoing
• relaxed
• compliant
• amenable
• deferential
• docile
• submissive
• tractable
• yielding
• ambitionless
• mild
• passive
• unenterprising
• acquiescent
• shrinking
• resigned
• quiet
• modest
• timid
• humble
• laid-back
• subdued
• meek
• unobtrusive
• lowly
• shy
• reserved
• bashful
• retiring
• mousy
• diffident
• servile
• obsequious
• demure
• subservient
• slavish
• grovelling
• cringing
• groveling
• cowering
• overmodest
• mousey

high-pressure

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to merchandise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• merchandise
• market
• wholesale
• deal (in)
• trade (in)
• retail
• hustle
• merchandize
• vend
• distribute
• peddle
• hawk

2

as in to threaten

Synonyms & Similar Words

• threaten
• blackmail
• menace
• shame
• terrorize
• cow
• pressure
• intimidate
• bully
• browbeat
• force
• drag
• muscle
• bulldoze
• coerce
• impress
• compel
• constrain
• obligate
• press
• impel
• hector
• drive
• harass
• oblige
• sandbag
• blackjack
• make
• dragoon
• badger
• hound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permit
• allow
• let
• move
• talk (into)
• induce
• win (over)
• satisfy
• convince
• argue
• prevail (on or upon)
• persuade

Examples of high-pressure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Zoom in: Our current heatwave is due to a strong high-pressure system that parked above the entire western U.S. last week and blocked cooler weather and precipitation from entering the Valley, Whittock told Axios. —Jessica Boehm, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024

While the high-pressure system is keeping the Southwest uncharacteristically hot well into autumn, climate change plays a role too. —Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024

Verb

At the time, Cherington was working at a high-pressure job as an exercise physiology-and-physical-therapy assistant in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital. —Emilia Benton, SELF, 15 Mar. 2023

Unlike existing portable desalination systems based on reverse osmosis, the MIT team’s prototype does not need any high-pressure pumping or maintenance by technicians. —IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023