Synonyms of pressuring

pressuring 1 of 2

noun

as in lobbying

Related Words

• lobbying
• prompting
• influencing
• swaying
• brainwashing
• persuading
• seduction
• tempting
• coaxing
• convincing
• wheedling
• overpersuasion
• inducing
• inducement
• entreaty
• cajolery
• urging
• exhortation
• conversion
• blandishment
• suasion
• cajolement
• persuasion

pressuring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pressure

as in forcing

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

his father pressured him to go out for the swim team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forcing
• coercing
• compelling
• obligating
• obliging
• driving
• constraining
• blackmailing
• pressing
• muscling
• impressing
• impelling
• making
• dragooning
• sandbagging
• intimidating
• bullying
• threatening
• blackjacking
• browbeating
• cowing
• bulldozing
• dragging
• terrorizing
• badgering
• hectoring
• shaming
• twisting one's arm
• harassing
• hounding
• menacing
• high-pressuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• letting
• allowing
• permitting
• moving
• arguing
• talking (into)
• inducing
• satisfying
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• persuading
• convincing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pressuring

Noun

The first drills Monday focused on rebounding, the next half-dozen on various aspects of their pressuring, helping, swarming, trapping defense. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026

As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026

Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

Two weeks in, the Bengals are pressuring the quarterback and forcing teams off the field. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Some Black Michigan Democrats believe the effort, aimed at pressuring the Biden administration over Gaza, cost then-Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign as the first Black woman to be a major party presidential nominee. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

According to Sorkin, producer Scott Rudin and then-Sony head Amy Pascal had been pressuring the writer to direct. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

Researchers say marine heatwaves are gradually favoring warm-water species while pressuring marine life adapted to cooler conditions. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

About 80 people took part in that demonstration, which was organized by local business leaders and aimed at pressuring the government to find solutions, according to Portugal’s Lusa News Agency. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

The firm may gather assets while diluting productivity, increasing risk and pressuring unit economics. — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

The video, now central to a new lawsuit, shows officers pressuring pregnant workers and parents, denying requests for lawyers and allegedly exceeding warrants, raising 4th Amendment and due-process concerns. — Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

After that, the Lake Nona defense cranked up the heat – pressuring both Cruz James and Joe Aicher and stifling running back Jaelyn Powell for the rest of the game. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026