Stress
Sweat
Sweat noun - An uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble.
Usage example: my boss told me not to get in a sweat about the accident—she'd make sure I wasn't blamed for it
Stress and sweat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stress" instead the word "Sweat" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| little | little stress | little sweat |
| excessive | excessive stress | excessive sweat |
| less | less stress | less sweat |
Common collocations
Cite this Source
Sweat and Stress. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stress/sweat
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