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

Bailey has been a menace, consistently pressuring Geno Smith during practices, and Baker Mayfield throughout the two joint practices. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Midterm elections are just around the corner and Democrats are pressuring Republicans on affordability issues. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026

But Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea are now pressuring exports from Yanbu through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. — Spencer Kimball,deena Zaidi, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

The administration is also seeking tens of billions of dollars for its war against Iran and pressuring defense companies to quickly ramp up weapons production. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

While presented as an invitation without explicit threats, critics view it as a subtle federal attempt to influence higher education, given the administration's history of pressuring institutions through funding. — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Trump has similarly emphasized the importance of interest rates to the economy, pressuring Warsh’s predecessor, Jerome Powell, to decrease borrowing rates despite persistent inflation. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

In the early 2010s, for example, Washington leveraged various jurisdictional advantages to cut Iran off from oil markets and global banking, pressuring it into negotiations. — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

The move, combined with even more rigid sanctions, was aimed at pressuring Cuba’s government into political change. — Andrea Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026