Antonyms for pressure
ˈprɛʃ ərpres·sure

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1. pressurenoun

   Synonyms:
   exigency, urgency, constraining, hurry, influence

Matched Categories

1. • Distress
   • Force
   • Push
   • Somatic Sensation

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 7 votes

1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressure

2. pressurenoun

   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 pressure

3. press, 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, jam

4. imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressurenoun

   the state of demanding notice or attention

   "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"

   Synonyms:
   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, jam

5. pressure, 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"

   Synonyms:
   imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressure

6. pressurenoun

   an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

   Synonyms:
   imperativeness, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, insistency, atmospheric pressure

7. atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressureverb

   the pressure exerted by the atmosphere

   Synonyms:
   insistency, press, force per unit area, pressure sensation, air pressure, pressure level, insistence, pressing, atmospheric pressure, imperativeness

8. coerce, 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, haul

9. blackmail, blackjack, pressureverb

   exert pressure on someone through threats

   Synonyms:
   blackmail, hale, coerce, blackjack, force, squeeze

How to use pressure in a sentence?

1. Tom Holland:

   Maybe in the future, but in all honesty I'm just too busy right now. I don't have the time, i've got an' Uncharted' press tour to do, and then I start shooting in early March for this TV show [ Apple TV +'s' The Crowded Room' ] which is going to take up a lot of my time and is definitely the hardest role I've ever taken on. So maybe one day in the future. But no, not right now. Honestly, I just don't have the time. And you know I would love to do that — I love that kind of thing, I love being put under pressure and doing things that I feel uncomfortable doing. So I'm interested in it, but I just don't have the time.

2. Serena Williams:

   I don't feel pressure. I'm here just to be here and prove that I'm back.

3. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   The fact though is that we want our kids not to have to decide which bathroom they get to go in. And not to be subject to peer pressure about which one to go in. And not to be subject to the embarrassment that could come with going in a bathroom where somebody maybe doesn't agree that they should be in there or not, why do we do this to our children? It doesn't make any sense. So I don't know. I'm the common sense guy from New Jersey, you know, I don't think life needs to be this complicated. I think it needs to be a lot more straightforward.

4. Mustafa Alani:

   They're under pressure inside to punish people like him, especially among Salafis. It is a question of the legitimacy of the state. You have to remember those people are very influential at a street level.

5. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer:

   We are very concerned about older gang members putting pressure on younger members to do Omaha Police dirty work, they are barely at the age for intervention.

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