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Showing words for PRESSURE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Pressure

perusers, pressure

7 Letter Words for Pressure

perseus, persues, peruser, peruses, presser, pursers, repress, repures, sperres

6 Letter Words for Pressure

perses, persue, peruse, preser, preses, puerer, purees, purree, purser, purses, pusser, repses, repure, respue, reuses, rupees, serres, speers, sperre, sperse, sprees, spruer, sprues, supers, upsees, ureses

5 Letter Words for Pressure

epeus, erses, peers, peres, perse, prees, press, puers, puree, purer, purre, purrs, purse, puses, resue, resup, reuse, ruers, rupee, rurps, ruses, russe, seeps, seers, serer, seres, serre, serrs, speer, spree, sprue, spues, spurs, suers, super, supes, surer, upsee, users

4 Letter Words for Pressure

erer, eres, errs, erse, eses, esse, eure, peer, pees, pere, pers, peru, pess, pree, pres, puer, pure, purr, purs, puss, rees, repr, reps, resp, ruer, rues, rurp, ruse, russ, seep, seer, sees, seps, sere, serr, sers, sese, spue, spur, suer, sues, supe, supr, sups, sure, ures, urps, usee, user, uses, ussr

3 Letter Words for Pressure

eer, ere, err, ers, ese, esp, esr, ess, esu, pee, per, pes, pre, prs, pur, pus, ree, rep, res, rps, rue, see, sep, ser, sps, sse, ssp, ssu, sue, sup, sur, sus, ups, ure, urp, urs, use

Definitions for Pressure

[1] the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
[2] Physics . force per unit area. Symbol : P Compare stress(def 6) .
[3] Meteorology . atmospheric pressure.
[4] Electricity . electromotive force.
[5] the state of being pressed or compressed.
[6] harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life.
[7] a constraining or compelling force or influence: the social pressures of city life; financial pressure.
[8] urgency, as of affairs or business: He works well under pressure.
[9] Obsolete . that which is impressed.
[10] to force (someone) toward a particular end; influence: They pressured him into accepting the contract.
[11] pressurize.
[12] the state of pressing or being pressed
[13] the exertion of force by one body on the surface of another
[14] a moral force that compels to bring pressure to bear
[15] an urgent claim or demand or series of urgent claims or demands to work under pressure
[16] a burdensome condition that is hard to bear the pressure of grief
[17] the normal force applied to a unit area of a surface, usually measured in pascals (newtons per square metre), millibars, torr, or atmospheres Symbol: p , P
[18] short for atmospheric pressure, blood pressure
[19] (tr) to constrain or compel, as by the application of moral force
[20] another word for pressurize

Words related to Pressure

tension, stress, strength, strain, burden, squeeze, force, hardship, weight, constraint, influence, power, heat, trouble, adversity, press, push, constrain, compel, insist

Words nearby Pressure

pressoreceptor, pressosensitive, pressroom, pressrun, presstitute, pressure, pressure altimeter, pressure altitude, pressure cabin, pressure center, pressure cooker

Origin of Pressure

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Latin pressūra. See press1, -ure

Other words from Pressure

pres·sure·less , adjective
in·ter·pres·sure , adjective
non·pres·sure , noun, adverb
su·per·pres·sure , noun, adjective
un·der·pres·sure , noun
un·pres·sured , adjective

Word origin for Pressure

C14: from Late Latin pressūra a pressing, from Latin premere to press

Synonyms for Pressure

burden, squeeze, strain, strength, stress, tension, compressing, compression, crushing, encumbrance, heaviness, load, mass, shear, squeezing, thrust