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stress has 11 distinct synonyms spread across 7 of its 8 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
“he put the stress on the wrong syllable”
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
“he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension”
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
“she endured the stresses and strains of life”
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
“the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area”
to stress, single out as important
“Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for stress come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
put stress on; utter with an accent
“In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word”