The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STRESS , but the solution may also be DURESS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Pressure crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STRESS | 28 % | 6 |
| HEAT | 28 % | 4 |
| LEANON | 15 % | 6 |
| DURESS | 8 % | 6 |
| COERCE | 5 % | 6 |
| URGENCY | 4 % | 7 |
| FORCE | 4 % | 5 |
| URGE | 4 % | 4 |
| GOAD | 1 % | 4 |
| IMPEL | 1 % | 5 |
Why may DURESS be the right solution?
The word "duress" means coercion or pressure, which makes it a suitable answer for the clue "pressure".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pressure
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- press
- pressing
- force
- coerce
- insistence
- insistency
- blackmail
- imperativeness
- blackjack
- force per unit area
- pressure sensation
- pression
Crossword Answer definitions
STRESS noun- (Cause of) discomfort.
- Serious danger.
- An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
- Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STRESS
- Cause of burnout
- Accent
- Emphasize
- Underscore
- Fast-track malady
- High anxiety
- Rat-race result
- Put an accent on
- On-the-job malady
- Pronunciational prominence
More clues leading to the result HEAT
- Kind of wave
- Word with dead or prickly
- Miami five
- Miami quintet
- Pressure
- Pressure, slangily
- Summer wave
- Topic in the tropics
- Miami cager
- Olympics preliminary
More clues leading to the result LEANON
- Pressure, loan shark-style
- Seek support from
- Use a support
- Use for support
- Use as a crutch
- Pressure
- Strong-arm
- Coerce
- Get tough with
- Get support from
More clues leading to the result DURESS
- Coercion
- Arm-twisting
- Compulsory force
- Forcible restraint
- Bullying
- Difficult circumstances
- Compulsion by threat
- Grounds to void a confession
- Coercion's kin, at law
- Confessions may be given under it
More clues leading to the result COERCE
- Forcibly dominate
- Put the pressure on
- Strong-arm
- Twist some arms
- Use intimidation
- Force
- Compel by force
- Compel
- Do some arm- twisting
- Browbeat
More clues leading to the result URGENCY
- Pressing condition
- Need for speed
- Pressing quality
- State requiring "Stat!"
- Immediate need
- Pressure.
- Insistence.
- Insistence
- Imperativeness
- Pressure
More clues leading to the result FORCE
- Might
- Jedi's "skill"
- Impetus
- Brute's m.o.
- Strength
- Impel
- Break open, as a lock
- Put pressure on
- "May the ___ be with you"
- Brute follower