pressure

pressure

noun anxiety, anxiousness, brunt, brute force, burden, coercion, compulsion, constraining force, constraint, controlling power, crisis, drive, duress, exertion, exhortation, exigency, force, hardship, heaviness, hindrance, imperativeness, importunateness, influentiality, insistence, intensity, intimidation, load, necessity, need, obligation, oppression, persuasion, pondus, power, power of directing, power of impelling, press, pull, push, strain, stress, sway, tension, undue influunce, urgency, vis, weight
Associated concepts: undue influence

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pressure

verb adjure, advocate, bear down, beg, blandish, cajole, coax, coerce, command, compel, constrain, drive, entreat, exhort, force, goad, implore, influence, insist, intimidate, oppress, persuade, plead, press, prod, push, request, solicit, stress, urge
Associated concepts: coercion, duress, intimidation, undue influence

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See also: aggravation, bribery, burden, cajole, coerce, coercion, compel, compulsion, constrain, constraint, dint, duress, encumbrance, enforcement, exigency, force, hasten, impetus, impulse, inducement, influence, instigation, leverage, lobby, main force, persuasion, power, predicament, provocation, requirement, restriction, strength, stress, weight