Words Like STRESS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to STRESS.

27 Alternative Words Similar to stress

1 Tension Noun      Synonym Words Like Tension
2 Tenseness Noun      Synonym Words Like Tenseness
3 Focus Noun      Synonym Words Like Focus
4 Strain Noun      Synonym Words Like Strain
5 Difficulty Noun      Synonym Words Like Difficulty
6 Force Noun      Synonym Words Like Force
7 Prosody Noun      Synonym Words Like Prosody
8 Punctuate Verb      Synonym Words Like Punctuate
9 Try Verb      Synonym Words Like Try
10 Afflict Verb      Synonym Words Like Afflict
11 Articulate Verb      Synonym Words Like Articulate
12 Enounce Verb      Synonym Words Like Enounce
13 Enunciate Verb      Synonym Words Like Enunciate
14 Evince Verb      Synonym Words Like Evince
15 Express Verb      Synonym Words Like Express
16 Pronounce Verb      Synonym Words Like Pronounce
17 Say Verb      Synonym Words Like Say
18 Show Verb      Synonym Words Like Show
19 Distress Noun      Synonym Words Like Distress
20 Importance Noun      Synonym Words Like Importance
21 Weight Noun      Synonym Words Like Weight
22 Significance Noun      Synonym Words Like Significance
23 Press Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Press
24 Topicalize Verb      Hyponym
25 Background Verb      Hyponym Words Like Background
26 Yips Noun      Hyponym
27 Accentuation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Accentuation

2 examples of stress

1 he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger
2 stress is a vasoconstrictor

10 definitions of stress

1 Distress.
2 Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
3 The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
4 Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 31-35.
5 Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
6 To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
7 To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
8 To subject to phonetic stress; to accent.
9 To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize.
10 to stress, single out as important
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