Compulsion Synonyms and Antonyms

kəm-pŭlshən
Pressure
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coercion
  2. constraint
  3. duress
  4. pressure
  5. force
  6. necessity
  7. addiction
  8. coaction
  9. compelled
  10. irresistible impulse
  11. drive
  12. strength
  13. impulse
  14. violence
  15. need
  16. mandatedness
  17. obligation
  18. obsession
  19. urge
  20. mandatoriness
  21. necessariness
  22. obligement
Driving force
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drive
  2. necessity
  3. need
Antonyms:
  1. discretion
  2. election
  3. free-will
  4. spontaneity
  5. volition
  6. independence
  7. freedom
  8. license
  9. liberty
An obsession
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. obsession
  2. irresistible impulse
  3. urge
  4. fixation
  5. preoccupation

Words Related to Compulsion

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Compulsion Sentence Examples

  • They were at first allowed religious freedom, but became Christians under compulsion in 1300.

  • Gebhard is chiefly noted for his conversion to the reformed doctrines, and for his marriage with Agnes, countess of Mansfeld, which was connected with this step. After living in concubinage with Agnes he decided, perhaps under compulsion, to marry her, doubtless intending at the same time to resign his see.

  • The essential thing was that a man should come to baptism of his own free will and not under compulsion or from hope of gain.

  • A natural compulsion is to wash your face frequently.

  • In the economic development of states taxes have come to be grouped in different ways, according to variations in the method of levying them or the means of enforcing compulsion or other differences.

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