Hypernyms for "pressure"
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barometric pressure
blood pressure
bludgeon
bring oneself
compartment pressure
compressing
compression
corpuscular-radiation pressure
dragoon
drive
gas pressure
head
hydrostatic head
impression
instantaneous sound pressure
intraocular pressure
IOP
oil pressure
osmotic pressure
overpressure
radiation pressure
railroad
sandbag
sea-level pressure
sound pressure
squeeze for
steamroll
steamroller
suction
terrorise
terrorize
turn up the heat
turn up the pressure
vapor pressure
vapour pressure
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.