Harass, pressure, anxiety, accentuate, burden, and distress are all synonyms for stress. Play down, understate, and relaxation are these antonyms of stress. And here are another 56 synonyms for stress.
Stress Synonyms
1. pressure
- Pressure
- Strain
- Tautness
- Tension
- Tensity
- Tightness
- Stress
2. strain
- Anxiety
- Difficulty
- Distress
- Grief
- Nervous tension
- Nervousness
- Pain
- Pressure
- Strain
- Suffering
- Tension
- Trauma
- Trouble
- Worry
- Hassle
3. emphasize
- Accentuate
- Belabour
- Bring to the fore
- Draw attention to
- Dwell on
- Emphasize
- Focus attention on
- Foreground
- Harp on
- Highlight
- Impress on someone
- Lay stress on
- Make a point of
- Place emphasis on
- Point up
- Press home
- Spotlight
- Turn the spotlight on
- Underline
- Underscore
- Insist on
4. overstretch
- Burden
- Distress
- Harass
- Make tense
- Overstretch
- Overtax
- Pressure
- Pressurize
- Push to the limit
- Upset
- Worry
- Hassle