pressure

pressure is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
2. noun. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
3. noun. Affliction; distress; grievance.
4. noun. Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
5. noun. Impression; stamp; character impressed.
6. noun. The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.
7. noun. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

   "he gave the button a press"

   "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"

   Synonyms: press, pressing

8. noun. a force that compels

   "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"

9. noun. the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin

   "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"

10. noun. the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
11. noun. 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"

12. noun. the state of demanding notice or attention

    "the insistence of their hunger"

    "the press of business matters"

    Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press

13. noun. an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
14. verb. 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: coerce, force, hale, squeeze

15. verb. exert pressure on someone through threats

    Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail

Synonyms

press, pressing, imperativeness, insistence, insistency, coerce, force, hale, squeeze, blackjack, blackmail

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pressure:

perusers

Common word forms

pressured, pressures, pressuring, pressureless

Words from these letters

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