Synonyms of pressures

pressures 1 of 2

noun

plural of pressure

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stresses
• tensions
• strains
• worries
• anxieties
• loads
• concerns
• weights
• persecutions
• irritations
• troubles
• angers
• exasperations
• annoyances
• aggravations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comforts
• consolations

2

as in constraints

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• constraints
• compulsions
• violences
• intimidations
• fears
• coercions
• forces
• threats
• stresses
• arm-twistings
• strengths
• terrors
• duresses
• muscles
• menaces
• squeezes
• potencies
• swords
• terrorisms
• browbeatings
• mights
• puissances
• bulldozings
• self-wills
• strains
• squeeze plays

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreements
• approvals
• consents
• permissions
• reasons
• persuasions
• suasions

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forces
• compels
• coerces
• obliges
• obligates
• drives
• constrains
• muscles
• presses
• bullies
• impels
• blackmails
• impresses
• sandbags
• intimidates
• makes
• dragoons
• high-pressures
• twists one's arm
• browbeats
• cows
• threatens
• blackjacks
• menaces
• shames
• bulldozes
• drags
• terrorizes
• badgers
• hectors
• harasses
• hounds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permits
• allows
• lets
• moves
• argues
• induces
• satisfies
• wins (over)
• talks (into)
• prevails (on or upon)
• convinces
• persuades