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.
Pressure, strain, stress, tautness, tension, tensity, and tightness.
Anxiety, difficulty, distress, grief, hassle, nervous tension, nervousness, pain, pressure, strain, suffering, tension, trauma, trouble, and worry.
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.
Burden, distress, harass, hassle, make tense, overstretch, overtax, pressure, pressurize, push to the limit, upset, and worry.