stresses — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
tresses — Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
yeses — (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
Three-syllable rhymes
addresses — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
assesses — to estimate officially the value of (property, income, etc.) as a basis for taxation.
caresses — an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
digresses — to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
distresses — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
obsesses — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
possesses — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
progresses — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
successes — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
suppresses — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
coalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coalesce.
