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

According to Pro Football Focus, Caliendo surrendered five pressures, including a sack, in Suamataia’s place. — Pete Sweeney november 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 With the demand for beef holding steady (see box), price pressures are likely to remain strong for years. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026 Floridians are facing real financial pressures, and government should always be expected to operate efficiently. — Gilbert Miller, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026 Output and new orders grew at faster rates, confidence about the year ahead hit an eight-month high, and demand increased at home and abroad, though cost pressures and supply disruption remained elevated. — Sean Conlon,liz Napolitano,hugh Leask,justina Lee, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026 Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen has had to work hard to manufacture QB pressures via the blitz. — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 The only player with more quarterback pressures is Will Anderson. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2026 In the pass game, Brewer didn’t permit any pressures and Savaiinaea yielded only one. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 Rotem pointed to inflation and higher energy costs as pressures on holiday spending. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Verb

Fundamentally, this problem stems from science’s publish-or-perish culture, which pressures academics to constantly publish papers in prestigious journals to secure funding and advance their careers. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2026 The majority of his night was spent scrambling from a Seahawks defense that pressures the quarterback at the third-highest rate in the league. — Sam McDowell 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026 When Andrew Dismukes’ character repeatedly pressures his dad to try the titular dish, Gillis steps in to put an end to the interrogation. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 The feature is designed to help with active social engineering scams, where someone pressures or guides you into doing something yourself. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 That pressures the economy because higher yields make borrowing money more expensive for everyone, while also undercutting prices for stocks and other investments. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 High inflation also pressures the Fed to reduce the money supply by increasing interest rates, making cheap credit harder to get. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 But when her father pressures her into an unwanted engagement, her resolve is tested. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 The scrutiny raised questions about what could happen to his Carvana position if fallout from the investigation pressures him to raise cash. — Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressures

Noun

This brief description for director Visar Morina’s (Exile, Babai) Shame and Money just teases some of the stresses and challenges its characters face amid a high cost of living.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026
Their magnets must maintain precise field configurations while withstanding substantial mechanical stresses.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of stresses

Noun

The launch reflects a growing effort to address data center power constraints by distributing computing capacity across existing sites.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
But Musk denied being responsible for imposing constraints on Kyiv's Starshield use.

— Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of constraints

Verb

Some of these interview subjects are performers, or at least people with years of experience talking to the press or appearing in the public eye, which forces viewers to engage in guesswork.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2026
Plot is the specific sequence of events that forces her through those obstacles.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of forces

Noun

In the wake of the disaster, tensions erupted between Horvath’s office and the mayor’s team.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
But tensions have emerged recently following criticism in Turkey of Azerbaijan’s decision to ban hijabs in schools and over Baku’s growing ties with Israel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of tensions

Noun

Prediction markets then capitalize on the digital environments that profit from young people’s compulsions.

— Amy L. Kennedy, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
The real question is whether Pennsylvania and cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia want skill games and other gambling opportunities to be widespread and unavoidable for people who struggle with compulsions to gamble.

— Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of compulsions

Verb

The order blocks the government from removing additional trees and compels advance notice before the government irreversibly alters more of the course.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Penny’s passion compels her – unbeknownst to her controlling husband James – to get a job on the Network, filling a vacancy while co-host Cybil (Mann) is off work.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of compels

Noun

Increasing your hamstring strength helps reduce stress on the joint and lowers the risk of injuries like ACL tears or strains.

— Jakob Roze, HEALTH, 8 Nov. 2026
Patience is key for any soft tissue injury, a growing area of concern for the NBA as muscle strains and ligament sprains have consistently escalated into major injuries without the proper care.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of strains

Verb

Locked under floors of concrete and alone in his cell with just a toilet and steel bed, Jurek coerces the man in the cell next to him to bash his head in.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
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