The bridge crashed under the pressure.
Source: tatoeba (18997)
Pressure
//ˈpɹɛʃə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "pressure" (331 found)
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Strong matches (99)
compressioncompulsionconsequenceconstrainconstraintconstraintscontrolcreditcrisiscrosscrunchcrushcrushingcumbercumbrancecursedeadweightdemanddemandingnessdemands
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difficultiesdifficultydigdire necessitydistressdominancedominationdownerdragdrivedundunningduresseffectemergencyeminenceenchantmentencouragementencumbranceesteemexert pressureexhortexigenceexigenciesexigencyfavorfeelingfingeringforcefreightfrictionfrottagegoadinggood feelinggreatnessgripehandicaphandlinghard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardshipheadhigh pressurehigh-pressureholdhustleimmediacyimpelimperativeimportanceimportunacyimportunatenessimportuneimportunityimpulseimpulsionincidental powerincubusincumbencyinducementinfluenceinfluentialityinfluentialnessinsinuationinsistinsist oninsist uponinsistenceinstanceintimidate
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intimidationirritationjabjawbonejogjogglejoltjostleladingleadershipleanlean onleverageloadloadinglobbymagnetismmakemanipulationmastery
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matter of necessitymental strainmillstonemomentnagnag atnaggingneedlingnervous strainnervous tensionnipnudgeoppressoppressionoverloadovertaxingoverweightingpalpationpersistencepersonalitypersuadepersuasionpertinaciousnesspertinacitypesterpesteringpettingpinchplagueplaguingpleadplead withplightplyplyingpokepotencypowerprecedencepredicamentpredominancepreponderancepressingpressingnessprestigeprevail onprevail uponprickingpriorityproblemsprodproddingprominencepropulsionpunchpurchasepushput pressure onrailroadrankrash impulserecommendreignreputerequirerigorrubbingrulerushsaddlingsayscrewsea of troublesseniorityshovesoft soapsoft-soapsorrowspurspurringsqueezesqueezingstaturestrainstraitsstrengthstressstress and strainstress of lifestrokingstrong armstrong-arm tacticssuasionsubtle influencesuggestionsuperincumbencysupremacysurchargeswaysweet talksweet-talktautnesstaxtaxingteaseteasingtensenesstensionthe big stickthe bludgeonthe clubthe jackbootthe mailed fistthe strong armthe swordthrusttighteningtorquetorsiontouchingtrialtribulationtroubletroublestweaktwistupper handurgeurgencyurgent needurgingvale of tearsvexationvicissitudeviolenceweightweightinesswheedlewheedlingwhip handwork on
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses
1 entriescauses desire
2 entriesderived
184 entriesShowing 16 of 184 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
9 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
176 translations across 70 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- presion noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- trysni noun (mental strain)
Arabic
2 entries- ضَغْط noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- ضَغْط noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Armenian
2 entries- ճնշում noun (mental strain)
- ճնշում noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- basqı noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- təzyiq noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- təzyiq noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- təzyiq noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Bashkir
4 entries- баҫым noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- баҫым noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- баҫым noun (mental strain)
- баҫым noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Basque
1 entries- presio noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Belarusian
4 entries- на́ціск noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- на́ціск noun (mental strain)
- на́ціск noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- ціск noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Bengali
2 entries- চাপ noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- তাল noun (mental strain)
Bulgarian
4 entries- наля́гане noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- наля́гане noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- наля́гане noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- притесне́ние noun (mental strain)
Burmese
1 entries- ဖိအား noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Catalan
4 entries- pressió noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- pressió noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- pressió noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- pressionar verb (exert force or influence)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 壓力 /压力 noun (mental strain)
- 壓力 /压力 noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Czech
2 entries- tlak noun (mental strain)
- tlak noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Danish
1 entries- tryk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Dutch
1 entries- druk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Esperanto
1 entries- premo noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Estonian
1 entries- rõhk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Finnish
4 entries- paine noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- paine noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- paine noun (mental strain)
- paine noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
French
2 entries- pression noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- pression noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Galician
3 entries- presión noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- presión noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- presión noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Georgian
3 entries- წნევა noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- წნევა noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- წნეხა noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
German
4 entries- Druck noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- Druck noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- Druck noun (mental strain)
- Druck noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Greek
3 entries- πίεση noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- πίεση noun (mental strain)
- πίεση noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Greenlandic
1 entries- naqitsineq noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Hebrew
1 entries- לחץ \ לַחַץ noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
Hindi
4 entries- तनाव noun (mental strain)
- दबाव noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- दबाव noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- दाब noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
Hungarian
3 entries- levegőnyomás noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- nyomás noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- nyomás noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Indonesian
1 entries- tekanan noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- فِشار noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Italian
4 entries- impellenza noun (mental strain)
- pressione noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- pressione noun (mental strain)
- pressione noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Japanese
4 entries- プレッシャー noun (mental strain)
- 圧力 noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- 圧力 noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- 圧力 noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Kazakh
1 entries- қысым noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Khmer
1 entries- សម្ពាធ noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Korean
2 entries- 압력 noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- 중압 noun (mental strain)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- басым noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມກົດ noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Latin
4 entries- nīsus noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- nīsus noun (mental strain)
- nīxus noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- nīxus noun (mental strain)
Latvian
2 entries- spiediens noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- spiediens noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Lithuanian
1 entries- slėgis noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Macedonian
3 entries- пресија noun (mental strain)
- притисок noun (mental strain)
- притисок noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Malay
1 entries- tekanan noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Mongolian
1 entries- даралт noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Māori
2 entries- pēhanga noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- pēhanga noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- pesto noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- pesto noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- påtrykk noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- trykk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- påtrykk noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- trykk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Druck noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- Druck noun (mental strain)
Polish
4 entries- ciśnienie noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- nacisk noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- nacisk noun (mental strain)
- napór noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
Portuguese
4 entries- pressão noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- pressão noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- pressão noun (mental strain)
- pressão noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Romanian
1 entries- presiune noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Russian
4 entries- давле́ние noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- давле́ние noun (mental strain)
- давле́ние noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- нажи́м noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èiginn noun (mental strain)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prìtisak noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- tlȃk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- прѝтисак noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- тла̑к noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Slovak
1 entries- tlak noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Slovene
1 entries- pritisk noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Spanish
4 entries- presión noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- presión noun (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind)
- presión noun (mental strain)
- presión noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Swedish
3 entries- press noun (mental strain)
- tryck noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- tryck noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Tagalog
4 entries- bunto noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- bunto noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- diin noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- presyon noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Tajik
1 entries- фишор noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Tatar
1 entries- басым noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Telugu
3 entries- ఒత్తిడి noun (mental strain)
- ఒత్తిడి noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- పీడనము noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Thai
1 entries- ความกด noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Turkish
2 entries- baskı noun (mental strain)
- basınç noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Turkmen
1 entries- basyş noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Ukrainian
3 entries- тиск noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- тиск noun (mental strain)
- тиск noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Urdu
2 entries- دَباؤ noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- فِشار noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Uyghur
1 entries- بېسىم noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Uzbek
2 entries- bosim noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- tazyiq noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Vietnamese
1 entries- áp lực noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
Welsh
3 entries- gwasgedd noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
- gwasgedd noun (physics: amount of force divided by area)
- pwysedd noun (a pressing; force applied to a surface)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
External pressure grows ever more intense.
Source: tatoeba (21845)
The door gave to my pressure.
Source: tatoeba (25672)
Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.
Source: tatoeba (25723)
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