Synonyms for stress
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1. stressnoun

   To emphasise (words in speaking).

   Synonyms:
   emphasis, emphasise, emphasize

2. stressnoun

   Synonyms:
   emphasis, accent, emphasise, emphasize

3. stressverb

   Synonyms:
   emphasis, underline, emphasize, emphasise

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. stress

   Synonyms:
   force, strain, weight, importance, pressure, urgency, emphasis

   Antonyms:
   alleviation, stillness, lightness, unimportance, casualty, touch, triviality

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. stress, emphasis, accentnoun

   the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

   "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

   Synonyms:
   tenseness, speech pattern, vehemence, emphasis, stress, dialect, accent mark, accent, tension, strain, focus, idiom

2. tension, tenseness, stressnoun

   (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

   "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

   Synonyms:
   accent, strain, latent hostility, focus, tensity, tautness, tension, tenseness, emphasis, stress

3. stress, focusnoun

   special emphasis attached to something

   "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

   Synonyms:
   tenseness, focal point, focusing, emphasis, centering, accent, direction, nidus, tension, strain, focus, focussing, stress

4. stress, strainnoun

   difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

   "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, focus, pains, straining, strain, melodic line, stress, tenseness, form, breed, tenor, tension, emphasis, var., air, variant, nisus, line, accent, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

5. stressverb

   (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

   "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

   Synonyms:
   accent, tenseness, strain, emphasis, tension, focus

6. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

   to stress, single out as important

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

   Synonyms:
   emphasise, mark, punctuate, stress, try, accent, underscore, strain, accentuate, underline, emphasize

7. stress, accent, accentuateverb

   put stress on; utter with an accent

   "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

   Synonyms:
   emphasise, punctuate, stress, try, accent, strain, accentuate, emphasize

8. try, strain, stressverb

   test the limits of

   "You are trying my patience!"

   Synonyms:
   punctuate, strive, tense up, deform, try, sample, essay, filter out, test, try out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, examine, extend, seek, try on, filter, accentuate, separate out, strain, adjudicate, render, prove, emphasise, distort, judge, taste, filtrate, attempt, accent, tense, stress, hear, assay, emphasize

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1. train, pressure, tension, nervous tension, worry, anxiety, nervousness; trouble, difficulty, distres

   a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.

   "he's obviously under a lot of stress"

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. stressnoun

   Synonyms:
   force, strain

2. stressnoun

   Synonyms:
   pressure, urgency

3. stressnoun

   Synonyms:
   importance, significance, weight

4. stressnoun

   Synonyms:
   emphasis, accent

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1. stressnoun

   Synonyms:
   urgency, pressure, emphasis, accent, severity, inclemency, significance, importance

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1. List of paraphrases for "stress":

   emphasise, underline, highlight, emphasize, underscore, stresses, stressful, constraint, pressure, stressors, tension, resistance, emphasis, insist, voltage, constraints, stressed, emphasized, emphasising, coercion, stressor, stress-related, strain, duress, coercive

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1. List of known nicknames for "Stress":

   Chris Brown

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. STRESS

   Synonyms:
   STent REStenosis Study ((1) N Engl J Med 1994;331:496-501; ((2) Am J Cardiol 1998;81:860-865 stress age syndrome STRESS Cardiology A trial comparing The STress REStenosis Study Primary endpoints MACE Conclusion Unknown www.tctmd.com/clinical-trials/; www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12018879See GLC7 ACRONYMS

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1. Probaerb:

   Better to remain jobless than work for the ruthless private organization that only does exploitation, humiliation of its employees and gives them pressure and stress

2. Ryan Steele:

   Even though there's a lot of controversy around the benefits of the drug, anything that you are inhaling into your lungs that's a combustible product will certainly increase the stress on your lungs and the level of inflammation, even if it's for medical purposes, you want to be careful with anything that you're igniting and inhaling into your lungs at this point.

3. Vaile Wright:

   When we ask people what it is that is causing stress in their life, it's about money and uncertainty.

4. Lorne Baring:

   The CDS (credit default swap) market is indicating a future financial stress for bond holders in the banking sector. There are concerns that the banking sector is under-capitalised in Europe and credit conditions are sub-optimal, and when combined that with the global macro backdrop, with Chinese growth slowing down, there is a natural impact of it around the world and the banking sector is bearing the brunt. There could be a wave of defaults in the energy sector and that will damage the balance sheet of the banking sector.

5. Olivier Oullier:

   The moment people started using bad technology, we saw a doubling of their levels of stress, i was a bit surprised by that, because you rarely see those levels going so high.Tech stress had a lasting effect, Olivier Oullier added.