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

Within months, Robertson resumed pressuring the Clippers to generate approximately $10 million annually in outside income for Leonard. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The instruction is used carefully in Massachusetts to avoid pressuring any individual juror, and Lu said giving it now would have been premature. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Bond yields around the world followed rising oil prices and moved back to multiyear highs on Tuesday, pressuring equities. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Araghchi also called on the United States to halt efforts aimed at pressuring third countries and companies to reduce economic ties with Iran. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Analysts pointed to worries about its sales of personal computers, as well as how higher prices for computer memory and other commodities are pressuring its profit margins. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Edge rusher Max Llewellyn was pressuring Willis as the leaky pass protection surfaced again. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

During a parliamentary question-and-answer session, Levon Kocharyan accused Pashinyan of pressuring the courts and law enforcement agencies to open investigations against individuals. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Silvia was pressuring Wyatt to get back together with him, calling at all hours of the night and sitting outside her workplace. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026