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 Now, to win elections—and, especially in New York City, to actually succeed in government—soft supporters of Israel are being pressured to support Palestine and pulled into coalition with anti-Zionists. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 Trump, however, denied knowing anything about the Tates’ case, and the Romanian foreign minister insisted the country hadn’t been pressured to lift the travel restrictions on the brothers. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 20 July 2026 Federal authorities have seized ballots and voting records and pressured states to adopt election procedures favored by his administration. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Danaher is a classic compounder waking from a pandemic-era destocking cycle that pressured profits. — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026 At the same time, with even its own partners threatening to take their ink business elsewhere, HP is pressured to get more HP printer users to only use HP-brand ink and toner. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026 North America helped the Nike brand, but Greater China and EMEA still pressured it. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Activists had pressured Zeldin for months to crack down on microplastics and other environmental contaminants. — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 Trump famously chastised Zelenskyy in a 2025 Oval Office meeting and has pressured the Ukrainian president to give up land to satisfy Putin’s territorial desire for all of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressured

Verb

In central Spain, 60,000 were forced from their homes, according to the Spanish interior ministry.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Paramount could be forced to sell off the WB television production business, but that isn’t worth nearly as much without the studio and the connected library of titles and IP.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of forced

Verb

The prospect of lining up next to one of his few contemporary peers compelled the now-35-year-old Donald to begin an extensive workout program aimed at returning him to football shape.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
That’s true insofar as many other events Bank of America Stadium has compelled as of late — including the MLS All-Star Game, which will take place at the uptown venue next week.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Definition of compelled

Verb

Some innocents are coerced into false confessions, like what happened to the Central Park Five.

— Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of coerced

Verb

England brought on Bellingham and Elliot Anderson to try to pad the lead, and the 23-year-old Bellingham almost obliged in the 80th minute, but the shot was saved by Maignan.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Salvadoran referee Iván Barton immediately pointed to the spot and Oyarzabal stepped up and obliged, beating French keeper Mike Maignan into the side netting at the right post for his fifth goal of the tournament.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026