PRESSURES Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

pressures 1 of 2

noun

plural of pressure

as in stresses

the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time a business executive who works well under pressure

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the use of power to impose one's will on another pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider

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pressures

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pressure

as in forces

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 pressures

Noun

In September 2024, state economists attributed the drop in play to a decline in scratch-off sales as consumers faced inflationary pressures coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic period, which saw a spike in Lottery purchases. — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026 The behaviors that the system can demand overlap with several core wealth-building practices, including deliberate spending, diversified income and the ability to protect long-term goals from immediate pressures. — Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 But that contraction also reflects pressures driving factory closures and layoffs at an unprecedented rate. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 29 July 2026 Many are making decisions while balancing work, family responsibilities, financial pressures, and an overwhelming amount of information. — Orla Nixon, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Mostly an interior tackle, Echoles did a little bit of everything up front for the Rebels in his sophomore season (39 pressures as a first-year starter). — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Across 356 pass block snaps as a senior, Shelton allowed just 18 pressures and one sack. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026 The San Francisco Art Institute shuttered in 2022 after filing for bankruptcy amid a deficit and declining enrollment, pressures similar to those facing CCA. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026

Verb

The government has offered cash incentives to those willing to leave and pressures others to give up legal efforts by holding them in detention. — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 If a company pressures you into signing a contract before evaluating other options, that’s a red flag. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 July 2026 An activist often pressures a board to focus more on costs, assets, and capital allocation. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Allocation system pressures dealers. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 18 June 2026 The subpoena effectively pressures the state’s three professional football teams — Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — not to apply the league’s diversity hiring practices for top jobs. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2026 This then pressures the Federal Reserve to finance the debt through monetary expansion, which causes inflation and drives up interest rates. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 If someone pressures you to send money immediately, treat it as a warning sign. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Noah pressures her to choose him and accuses her of being a gold digger in the process. — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressures

Noun

As Bergeron stresses, breastfeeding is not a requirement to receive benefits from skin-to-skin contact.

— Parents, Parents, 28 July 2026
This framing stresses partisan makeup and candidate strength more than behind-the-scenes tactical genius.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of stresses

Noun

Past Microsoft quarters were held back by capacity constraints that left Azure revenue on the table.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Investors may have been weighing those positives against relatively soft numbers for services, and the continuing impact of supply constraints and memory costs.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Definition of constraints

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Sending $200 to Sub-Saharan Africa still costs about 8% on average, and correspondent banking still forces companies to park idle cash around the world.

— Alex Odagiu, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Road safety experts are increasingly concerned about tech that forces drivers to look away from the road to tap physical screens.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 July 2026

Definition of forces

Noun

Although escalating Middle East tensions typically boost safe-haven demand for gold, the rise in oil prices this time fueled market concerns over inflation and Fed rate hikes.

— , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
The loss of a solid Saudi plan B This de-escalation of Saudi-Houthi tensions was critical in enabling the Gulf kingdom to quickly pivot its oil exports from its east coast ports to the west coast after the Strait of Hormuz was blocked in March 2026.

— Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of tensions

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The real question is whether Pennsylvania and cities like Pittsburgh want skill games and other gambling opportunities to be widespread and unavoidable for people who struggle with compulsions to gamble.

— Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
These obsessions lead you to do repetitive behaviors, also called compulsions.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

Definition of compulsions

Noun

Center backs Maxi Falcon and Gonzalo Lujan remained unavailable while recovering from calf strains.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
The team says the molecular analysis indicates that the strains existed in a now-extinct variola virus lineage that bridges Old World European strains with its later variants.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Definition of strains

Verb

However, the rotation of this filament clearly dominates how the galaxies within it spin, perhaps by funneling hydrogen gas along the dark-matter filament and onto the galaxies in a way that coerces their spin while providing further fuel for star formation.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor, coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025