Coerce Synonyms and Antonyms

kō-ûrs
To restrain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. force
  2. restrict
  3. blackjack
  4. constrain
  5. dragoon
  6. curb
  7. hijack
  8. control
  9. strong-arm
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To pressure, intimidate, or force (someone) into doing something.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. force
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. coercive
  2. compelling
  3. compulsatory
  4. compulsory
  5. obligatory
  6. oppressive
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. coercion
  2. duress
  3. puissance
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Words Related to Coerce

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Coerce Sentence Examples

  • He even managed to coerce the children into doing the dishes.

  • When the king brought over a few Irish soldiers to coerce the English, Sarsfield came in command of them.

  • A leader does n't coerce people into change that they resist.

  • The refusal of the soldiers to coerce the Assembly showed that the monarchy could no longer rely on the army; and a few days later, when the lesser nobility and the lower ranks of the clergy had united with the third estate whose cause was their own, the king yielded, and on the 27th of June commanded both orders to join in the National Assembly, which was thereby recognized and the political revolution sanctioned.

  • You put my cousin in a room with a rabid dog to coerce me to … do something? she managed.

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