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

Families of some of the 67 people who died have been pressuring the Army for months to release the report, which was completed in May. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Meta immediately took out advertisements in major newspapers, pressuring its competitors to adopt similar guardrails. — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Also be wary of anyone pressuring you to donate immediately or asking you to pay through gift cards, wire transfers or cryptocurrency. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Maduro publicly accused the executives of corruption, while a senior official privately described their detention as a means of pressuring Washington, according to the indictment. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

For months, the families have been pressuring the Army in daily social media posts to release the report, which was completed in May. — Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

What began as a Parisian student protest pressuring the government to address teacher shortages, lengthy timetables and derelict schools has evolved into a nationwide movement that has garnered support from people of various ages. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Artisan has turned activist on companies before, pressuring Danone’s CEO out and lending its support to Elliott at Southwest Airlines. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Newsom also credits Ezra Klein, the New York Times columnist, for pressuring him during a podcast conversation and in his 2025 book, Abundance, to dig into the environmental laws that block infrastructure and housing. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026