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Synonyms for pressure
ˈprɛʃ ərpres·sure
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
pressurenoun
Synonyms:
exigency, urgency, constraining, hurry, influence
Princeton's WordNet
pressure, pressure level, force per unit areanoun
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
"the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
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imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressurepressurenoun
a force that compels
"the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
Synonyms:
imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressurepress, pressure, pressingnoun
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
"he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
Synonyms:
insistence, pressure level, military press, closet, force per unit area, public press, press, imperativeness, air pressure, crush, atmospheric pressure, wardrobe, printing press, pressing, pressure sensation, mechanical press, insistency, jamimperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressurenoun
the state of demanding notice or attention
"the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
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insistence, insistency, instancy, military press, closet, pressure level, force per unit area, public press, press, imperativeness, air pressure, insisting, atmospheric pressure, wardrobe, printing press, pressing, pressure sensation, mechanical press, crush, jampressure, pressure sensationnoun
the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
"the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
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imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressurepressurenoun
an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
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imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressureatmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressureverb
the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
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insistency, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, atmospheric pressure, imperativenesscoerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
"He squeezed her for information"
Synonyms:
draw, storm, blackjack, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, coerce, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haulblackmail, blackjack, pressureverb
exert pressure on someone through threats
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Editors Contribution
force
strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement
"he was thrown backward by the force of the explosion"
stress
a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
"he's obviously under a lot of stress"
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pressurenoun
Synonyms:
compressing, squeezing, crushing forcepressurenoun
Synonyms:
influence, constraining forcepressurenoun
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#422 | press | |
#510 | cart | |
#737 | drive | |
#992 | stuff | |
#1022 | force | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1608 | pressure | |
#2943 | influence | |
#2989 | stress | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3213 | ram | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3413 | storm | |
#3587 | push | |
#3810 | pull | |
#4149 | voltage | |
#4171 | blackjack | |
#4680 | rack | |
#5259 | jam | |
#6303 | burden | |
#6612 | strain | |
#6613 | drag | |
#7946 | tension | |
#8106 | lobby | |
#8740 | pressing | |
#10582 | pressures | |
#10648 | closet | |
#10795 | embrace | |
#11614 | squash | |
#12305 | wardrobe | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12483 | hurry | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#13411 | wedge | |
#13626 | hale | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#13972 | hug | |
#14302 | haul | |
#14531 | lobbying | |
#16157 | urgency | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#19529 | compress | |
#20204 | mash | |
#27601 | insisting | |
#28094 | coercion | |
#28948 | shove | |
#31063 | insistence | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#34171 | blackmail | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#38508 | pressurized | |
#48826 | coerce | |
#49257 | constraining | |
#60072 | pression | |
#60356 | gouge | |
#62045 | squelch | |
#69333 | wring | |
#73889 | tweet | |
#91682 | extort | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#108145 | impel | |
#108267 | constrict | |
#115959 | exigency |
How to use pressure in a sentence?
Everybody knows they're going to raise rates and the waiting is often worse than the punishment, if you don't have a lot of depth in buying, any selling pressure will overwhelm the market and move it down.
European indices are set to open significantly lower as tumbling commodities continue to put pressure on global markets,” Farbod Mimeh trader at London Capital Group, said in a note http://www.economicnewsdaily.com/under-the-radar-european-stocks-to-watch-manchester-united-plc-manu-anheuser-busch-inbev-sanv-bud-novartis-ag-nvs/9223940/
Oil and gas companies do not want to drill more, they are under pressure from the financial community to pay more dividends, to do more share buybacks, instead of the proverbial 'drill baby drill,' which is the way they would have done things 10 years ago. Corporate strategy has fundamentally changed.
Reaching out to United States... is part of part of Putin's long-term plan to basically undermine the credibility of United States as an important stalwart player in the global system, to undermine our alliances, and then to create as many lasting sources of tension between Donald Trump and United States own national security team, the more that Russia succeeds in doing that, the less pressure Russia itself is likely to face from a unified western camp.
With the money they pay you'll go bald, you'll have high blood pressure, you'll become an alcoholic, you'll divorce and then you'll kill yourself.
Translations for pressure
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- ال, ضغطArabic
- баҫымBashkir
- tlakCzech
- gwasgeddWelsh
- trykDanish
- DruckGerman
- πίεσηGreek
- premoEsperanto
- presiónSpanish
- presioBasque
- فشارPersian
- paine, stressiFinnish
- pressionFrench
- brúIrish
- èiginnScottish Gaelic
- presiónGalician
- दबावHindi
- nyomás, levegőnyomásHungarian
- ճնշումArmenian
- pressionInterlingua
- tekananIndonesian
- pressioneItalian
- 圧力Japanese
- ಒತ್ತಡKannada
- 壓力, 압력Korean
- pressūra, pressiōLatin
- spiediensLatvian
- pēhangaMāori
- пресија, притисокMacedonian
- tekananMalay
- trykkNorwegian
- drukDutch
- trykkNorwegian Nynorsk
- nacisk, ciśnieniePolish
- pressãoPortuguese
- presiuneRomanian
- давлениеRussian
- pritiskSlovene
- tryckSwedish
- அழுத்தம்Tamil
- పీడనం, ఒత్తిడిTelugu
- ความดันThai
- basınçTurkish
- áp lựcVietnamese
- 压力Chinese
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