Noun

• S: (n) stress, emphasis, accent (the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)) "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
• S: (n) tension, tenseness, stress ((psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense) "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
• S: (n) stress, focus (special emphasis attached to something) "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
• S: (n) stress, strain (difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension) "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
• S: (n) stress ((physics) force that produces strain on a physical body) "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

Verb

• S: (v) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate (to stress, single out as important) "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) stress, accent, accentuate (put stress on; utter with an accent) "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) stress [Related to: stress] (the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)) "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
• W: (n) accent [Related to: accent, accentuate] (the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)) "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
• W: (n) accent [Related to: accentuate] (the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people) "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
• W: (n) accent [Related to: accentuate] (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation)
• W: (n) accent [Related to: accentuate] (distinctive manner of oral expression) "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
• W: (n) accentuation [Related to: accentuate] (the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) try, strain, stress (test the limits of) "You are trying my patience!"