Stress synonyms

56 synonyms for stress such as harass, pressure, anxiety, accentuate, burden, and distress. Stress is a noun, and its antonyms are play down, understate, and relaxation.

Another word for stress

1. pressure

Pressure, strain, stress, tautness, tension, tensity, and tightness.

2. strain

Anxiety, difficulty, distress, grief, hassle, nervous tension, nervousness, pain, pressure, strain, suffering, tension, trauma, trouble, and worry.

3. emphasize

Accentuate, belabour, bring to the fore, draw attention to, dwell on, emphasize, focus attention on, foreground, harp on, highlight, impress on someone, insist on, lay stress on, make a point of, place emphasis on, point up, press home, spotlight, turn the spotlight on, underline, and underscore.

4. overstretch

Burden, distress, harass, hassle, make tense, overstretch, overtax, pressure, pressurize, push to the limit, upset, and worry.

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