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pressure

How many syllables in pressure?

  2 syllables

Divide pressure into syllables:   pres-sure
Stressed syllable in pressure:   pres-sure
How to pronounce pressure:   presh-er
How to say pressure:

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Synonyms for pressure


1 syllable
  • force
  • make
  • strain
  • weight
  • load
  • press
  • stress
2 syllables
  • bulldoze
  • burden
  • compel
  • demands
  • exhort
  • press-gang
  • bully
  • coerce
  • demand
  • duress
  • hassle
3 syllables
  • heaviness
  • insist that
4 syllables
  • anxiety
  • exigency
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with pressure

    2 syllables
    • cheshire
    • flesher
    • escher
    • fresher
    3 syllables
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