Synonyms of pressuring

pressuring 1 of 2

noun

as in lobbying

Related Words

• lobbying
• prompting
• influencing
• swaying
• brainwashing
• persuading
• seduction
• tempting
• coaxing
• convincing
• wheedling
• overpersuasion
• inducing
• inducement
• entreaty
• cajolery
• urging
• exhortation
• conversion
• blandishment
• suasion
• cajolement
• persuasion

pressuring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of pressure

as in forcing

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

his father pressured him to go out for the swim team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forcing
• coercing
• compelling
• obligating
• obliging
• driving
• constraining
• blackmailing
• pressing
• muscling
• impressing
• impelling
• making
• dragooning
• sandbagging
• intimidating
• bullying
• threatening
• blackjacking
• browbeating
• cowing
• bulldozing
• dragging
• terrorizing
• badgering
• hectoring
• shaming
• twisting one's arm
• harassing
• hounding
• menacing
• high-pressuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• letting
• allowing
• permitting
• moving
• arguing
• talking (into)
• inducing
• satisfying
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• persuading
• convincing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pressuring

Noun

The first drills Monday focused on rebounding, the next half-dozen on various aspects of their pressuring, helping, swarming, trapping defense. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026

As the two wander around the museum—one pressuring, the other deflecting—the novel portrays their professed enmity as underscored by the force of attraction, even of love. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026

Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

There are similarities between the standoff playing out between the White House and the Fed, and President Richard Nixon’s pressuring of the central bank in the 1970s, according to Nomura. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

Artisan has turned activist on companies before, pressuring Danone’s CEO out and lending its support to Elliott at Southwest Airlines. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Newsom also credits Ezra Klein, the New York Times columnist, for pressuring him during a podcast conversation and in his 2025 book, Abundance, to dig into the environmental laws that block infrastructure and housing. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

Stubbornly high inflation has been sapping consumer confidence and pressuring the Fed, which recently raised its benchmark interest rate in an effort to cool prices. — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Two weeks in, the Bengals are pressuring the quarterback and forcing teams off the field. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Some Black Michigan Democrats believe the effort, aimed at pressuring the Biden administration over Gaza, cost then-Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign as the first Black woman to be a major party presidential nominee. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

According to Sorkin, producer Scott Rudin and then-Sony head Amy Pascal had been pressuring the writer to direct. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026

Researchers say marine heatwaves are gradually favoring warm-water species while pressuring marine life adapted to cooler conditions. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

About 80 people took part in that demonstration, which was organized by local business leaders and aimed at pressuring the government to find solutions, according to Portugal’s Lusa News Agency. — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026