PRESSURED Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

pressured

verb

past tense of pressure

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure his father pressured him to go out for the swim team

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Recent Examples of pressured Barham pressured the quarterback, had a tackle for loss and a team-high five tackles in the first half. — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Once there, she was pressured to consume alcohol, the lawsuit alleges. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 Rising Treasury yields and uncertainty over the war in the Middle East, coupled with signs of slower consumer spending, pressured equities this week. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man's family to accept money and not go to police. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man’s family to accept money and not go to police. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The White House even reportedly pressured Ohio Republicans to lay off Miller. — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 In some cases, on public land or pressured private land, that could mean targeting a three-year-old buck, Adams says. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 Three others in the group — 14, 15 and 16 at the time — implicated Noling in the slayings of the Hartigs during a burglary but later retracted their statements, saying that police pressured them to name Noling as the shooter. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured

Verb

As more cars wrecked behind the incident, NASCAR was forced to throw the caution flag — freezing the field with Preece in front.

— Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Sometimes, operators were forced to drain one pond and divert its water to save fish in another, the Hungarian Aquaculture and Fisheries Inter-branch Organization said in early August.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of forced

Verb

Management also gave positive forward-looking guidance, marked by a record current quarter pipeline that compelled it to raise its full-year top-line growth forecast.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
If she were truly compelled by a voice, Sprague said, Clancy would have succeeded.

— Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of compelled

Verb

The inspection followed a hunger strike by detainees, who in a letter, complained about rotten or worm-infested food, medical neglect, and being coerced into signing deportation orders.

— Vanessa Romo, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
In 1963, the Supreme Court banned confessions given under scopolamine and other truth-inducers as unconstitutionally coerced.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of coerced

Verb

The Fed might then feel obligated to stand by its guidance, going down the wrong path.

— Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
However, Microsoft has signed significant long-term data center leases — and those are considered liabilities under accounting rules, given the company is obligated to make regular lease payments.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of obligated

Verb

This tweak doubles the amount of time a player is obliged to wait on the sidelines from 30 seconds to one minute.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
There’s also a June 4 deadline for the expiration of a deal, with Paramount obliged to pay a $7 billion termination fee.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026